Philip Greenspun Quotes

Collaboration is the way to go. It's very timely and fun to do.

It's hard to make something collaboratively. That's the challenge. Sometimes you're successful.

Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results.

I've always been a very collaborative person, and I think 'Cop Car' and all the people I worked with who made it possible is a good example of that.

If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

The thing I like to stress about TV is that it's a team exercise. You really can't have too much of an ego.

I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.

The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.

I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going to bring to the table. I hope and expect that you will have an idea and bring it to the table. But the way I really want to work is that together we're going to have a third idea that is better than either of our ideas.'

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

I love to collaborate! That's totally my preference. And I feel like everything I do ends up being that way.

I love collaborating.

I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing.

Basically, the way I do it is I get to work with a bunch of people; get a bunch of great people together, and you'll be able to get something cool on the other side.

There is a lot to be said for collaboration, and it should be seen as just another way to do things as it is in other forms of writing, such as for television, where it is standard practice.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I'm a born collaborator. This is what I was born to do, really.

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really.

Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams.