William Fichtner Quotes

I used to think hard work made me come alive, honestly. I used to have a daily work schedule with millions of things on it and I thought, "This is wonderful!"

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.

Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

The only thing that's a challenge for me is not working. I get depressed when I'm not in motion.

I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

There are days I'm feeling lazy, and my mom will remind me, 'Beyonce also only has 24 hours during the day.' That always keeps me going.

I'm at my desk before nine, and I go all day. I'm not necessarily productive all day, but really, who is?

My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

My mom always tells me, 'You need to take a week for yourself and just chill,' but I don't, man. If you want to be successful, I don't think you should take a day off.

I love working. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning.