Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Maybe that's good to not feel like you have to keep up when there's so much to keep up with right now. It's bottomless.

I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

We all need to relax more, but I don't find it easy.

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

I like to keep a calm set.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

It's important to relax and not put too much pressure on oneself, players must be patient when striving to improve.

I find that if I go on a vacation, it's like that's more stress to me, because I want to get back.

He knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.

Who will free me from hurry, flurry, the feeling of a crowd pushing behind me, of being hustled and crushed? How can I regain even for a minute the feeling of ample leisure I had during my early, my creative years? Then I seldom felt fussed, or hurried. There was time for work, for play, for love, the confidence that if a task was not done at the appointed time, I easily could fit it into another hour. I used to take leisure for granted, as I did time itself.

For my mind, I try to reduce stress by finding quiet time and meditating.

You don't have pressure on yourself to have to go nuts.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

I don't put myself under pressure.

I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie.

I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.