Steven Spielberg Quotes

It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.

One thing I've learned in politics—you have to make time for your family, no matter how busy you are.

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.

I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep.

When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.

When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

I work all the time; whatever I do, I do it, and I don't necessarily look at it as work. You could say the Auschwitz project was work, or the Lowy Institute is work, or Westfield is work, or the football is work. It is life.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

I always think in life passion supersedes everything.

The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandise, or 'the career.' Everything begins and ends with the writing for me, and I build my entire life around sitting my butt down 365 days a year.

The only people I've ever met who are really successful in their fields, regardless of what field that is, are people who are deeply passionate about the work they do every day and are motivated by a sense of purpose.

For some reason, I don't spend enough time getting to see my family because I'm always touring or working or whatnot.

Whatever you do, do with determination. You have one life to live; do your work with passion and give your best. Whether you want to be a chef, doctor, actor, or a mother, be passionate to get the best result.

What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

I really believe that whoever is doing something with a strong passion is very much important to me. I love people like that.

I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there's any time left over, then I play sports.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I'm spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be 'with my family.'

Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.