Lydia Millet Quotes

My approach has always been to make things we were proud of.

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

I think a show can work anywhere if it's done honestly, with integrity, and with confidence.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.

I take it extremely seriously to do absolutely the best work possible and the truest work possible, because I feel like that is what's going to resonate not only for myself but hopefully for an audience.

You have to take a certain pride in your work.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Doing something the right way is something I take pride in.

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.

I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.

I don't ever want to work on something unless I feel really passionate about it and know I can give everything to it; otherwise it's not truthful and I hate that.

I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.

I'm committed to the purity of my art form.

We definitely want to make sure that what we are making is something that we are proud of and something that we are inspired to write.

Japanese people can feel some attachment in what they are making, whether it is a car or a TV or a computer.

I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.