Katie Lee Quotes

If you feel like you can't throw a party, just put a timeline together. There are always little things you can do ahead of time - like washing and pressing linens and bringing out your tableware. Check them off as you complete them.

The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never have anything that has to be cooked while the guests are there. The only thing I might have to do is take something out of the oven and carve it.

Schedule your time. People always ask, 'How do you do it all?' I'm like a walking calendar. I literally make my snacks on a Sunday if I'm traveling on a Tuesday, and I'll pack them before I leave.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I'm a little Type A, and I have this really thick binder whenever I do a movie where I make a million notes, and in between takes, I'm checking it out.

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.

When my mother threw a party, even as a kid, she'd call me in and say, 'Organize it for me.'

The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key.

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to do this and then line up what they're doing next and line up what they're doing next. I just can't do it.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

If you have everything prepared, the rest will take care of itself.

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something.

...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.

Method is the arithmetic of success.

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.