Alice Hoffman Quotes

I just want to focus on one thing at a time.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

It's better to do one thing at a time and give your full concentration.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

I can't do too many things at one time.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

I don't consider myself a great multitasker, so I try to do one thing at a time, even though there were opportunities when I was wrestling.

It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.

I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

You need to get one thing done well, or else you don't have permission to do anything else.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.