#work

As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work. ↗

— Peter Straub

#excitement #felt #first #going #i

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#beginning #brings #comes #discernible #eating

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#always #aware #composer #conscious #his

I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years. ↗

— Nicole Sullivan

#got #i #job #la #only

When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible. ↗

— Donna Summer

#i #much #out #possible #public

And no, having the hits is just more work. ↗

— Donna Summer

#hits #just #more #work

I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine. ↗

— Donna Summer

#happens #i #ready #work

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#chief #forgotten #generally #his #life

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work. ↗

— Andy Summers

#cutting edge #edge #i #like #my own

The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut. ↗

— Jacqueline Susann

#cut #draft #i #motivations #paper