Susan Wojcicki Quotes

I really hate relaxing. I've done three movies in a row, worked for two years straight, and to me, idle time is the devil's workshop. I like to focus on something.

I'm not a workaholic!

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his or her work important.

In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

I was working, like, 14-hour days on 'Fargo,' and now if I schedule more than two things in a day, I'm like, 'Whoa, you guys. That's two train rides, and I have to plan for an hour-and-a-half lunch with my cat.'

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

In our million-mile-an-hour culture of never enough, working less is interpreted as working less well. This isn't always the case.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

I feel overworked, but when I don't work, I feel weird.

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

I'm always working. I work wherever I am.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

People often get very entangled in their work and life, so de-stressing is very important to keep generating fresh ideas and provide satisfaction with one's activities.

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.