Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.

I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.

I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow.

Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all.

I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.

The video maker doesn't easily face a blank page. Because the videomaker can run it either any way, this way or the other way and erase it if they don't like it and so on.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.

I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set.

I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself.

I use Facebook quite a lot to keep up with my friends, although I had to delete 'Words With Friends' from my phone because it was wasting too much of my time.

I'm irrational about all things creative, and I'm always late!

If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof.

I divide my time badly.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I could Photoshop for hours. I spend way too much time making thumbnails. I spend, like, two hours on my thumbnails sometimes just because it's, like, fun.

Dedicate a lot of your time creating Vines and try to post daily.

I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for more time two days before it's due.

There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.