Mindy Kaling Quotes

People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

My mother was a pediatrician, and she kept busy hours. I learned from her you could pack a lot into the day. Every minute had to count, and multitasking was a given.

I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working.

If you think you can do two full-time jobs, people will expect you to do three.

Those who work much do not work hard.

It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.

I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.

I don't mind being busy.

In an average week I'll be testing recipes, doing a voice-over, filming and writing. I cram everything in Monday to Friday because I refuse to give up the weekend.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

Our to-do lists are so full that we can't hope to complete every item on them. So what do we do? We multitask, juggling several things at once, trying to keep up by keeping busy.

Like many, I am often in back-to-back meetings most of the day.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out.

If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not.

There has never been any 30-hour week for men who had anything to do.

When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.

I've gotten much better at multi-tasking. It's hard, though. But, writing a script is not totally focused. You're taking little breaks, all the time. If a kid runs in, you give 'em a horsey ride. It's a pretty fluid process.

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

You'll sometimes hear from people that they actually do a better job of getting their work done when they have a lot of other obligations - in effect, it removes the possibility of procrastinating.

Oh, they've been putting in the long hours ... But is that because they don't have the skills, and everything takes twice as long? Or do they put in these hours to avoid what they should be doing ... which is stopping and binning a lot of [their work]?

Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.