Alice Munro Quotes

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Free time keeps me going.

I look to see what things I enjoy doing and just try to figure out how to spend my time doing things that I enjoy.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

Rushing around can be a pointless diversion from actually living your life.

Now that I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy.

I have fun when I want to have fun, but I am learning how to balance my life out.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

I have a hard time with free time.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

There's never enough time to do nothing!

I am not one of those people who lives for work. I enjoy sculpting and photography and tennis and swimming. I simply do not have enough time. My life is not in control.

I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance.

Sunday is like this entertainment scrum for me, because I've only got a day, one day of fun. So I want to have brunch, and I want to see a movie, and I want to watch 'Game of Thrones,' and I'm trying to watch 'The Sopranos' from the beginning, and I want to play four hours of video games. So, it's, like, as regimented as my work life.

If adults are not enjoying something they're doing in their leisure time, they should stop doing it.

We live very busy lives. But everyone has a spare minute.

Remember the past, live the present, think a little less about the future.

Don't make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.