David Foster Wallace Quotes

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

I don't do office work at home.

The surprising question we get is, 'How many people telecommute at Google?' And our answer is, 'As few as possible.'

I'm a virtual worker. I'm not tied to an office.

Somehow, having an office that I had to go to made me want to work from home, which is easier to do if you don't have a boss waiting for you at the office, even a very blue office.

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

I work on weekends, but from home.

Working from home while caring for children seems impossible.

Millennials grew up realizing that they can get the job done without having to go to the office.

Coronavirus has completely changed how people think about where or how you should work.

But I think we're going to have people who work from home a couple of days a week, three days a week, four days a week. And I'm perfectly comfortable with all that.

I don't think of myself as busy because I don't even have to get dressed most days.

The need to congregate workers in offices will gradually diminish.

We’re in the midst of a boom in home-based businesses, and it shows no sign of slowing.

If I worked in my apartment, I'd never leave my apartment.

On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary.

I'm always looking for ways that I can work from home with my home studio and stay busy. This is a great way to do it. Having a home studio has made projects like this a lot easier.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

One day offices will be a thing of the past

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

I am always working on the go. I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life. Fortunately I am able to work from my home and can answer my e-mails in the morning, play tennis or kitesurf in the afternoon to keep fit and have meetings or phone calls in between.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

I've spent so many years commuting, I kind of prefer a home office.

I work from home a lot. I think I get as much work done at the office as at home, and I'm used to working with people who don't work in the office. I don't really care where they are, even if they're on a banana leaf somewhere. If they deliver their work, I am completely fine. I don't need someone sitting at their desk to produce.