Quotes About Flexibility

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

Everybody has his own great ideas about what my art should be. But I can do whatever I like and there aren't many constraints to the way I work, whether I'm using a brush with ink or paint.

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors.

Allowing my people to have a good work-life balance by working flexibly is very important to me.

Be flexible - the order in which you introduce the elements of a painting should not be a rigid system. What worked last time may not work this time.

I am saying that I was able to mold those hours around the needs of my family, and that matters. And I really encourage other people at Facebook to mold hours around themselves.

There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.

Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner

Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually.

Im not someone whos ever said anything definitive about his work. In my life also I have very little fixed form. I can change overnight.

Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.

What defines a relationship is the work that's involved to maintain it, and it's constantly changing.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life.

When you're just writing, you can do anything with it. But with TV, you've gotta work within certain budget constraints, so you've got to pick and choose your battles.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

There is something good in all weathers. If it doesn't happen to be good for my work today, it's good for some other man's today... and will come around for me tomorrow.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.

Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you.

The kind of job where you come in and work 9 to 5, and where someone tells you what to do all day is becoming scarcer and scarcer.

I've always found ideas everywhere, but my favorite place is Nordstrom, because of their liberal return policies for those ideas that don't work out.