Elmore Leonard Quotes

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.

The best antidote to worry, I have always believed, is work and more work.

Work cures everything.

Work is my salvation. It changes my moods.

I find solace in immersing myself in my work.

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

The only thing that weakens worry is work, so I will be working for Marie Corfield

Often the best way to relax is just to go back to work.

I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.

Working is a great distraction technique.

Nothing gets you to mend your heart quicker than throwing yourself into work.

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs.

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better.

I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.

The show has become my therapy.

Work is therapy for the soul.

Comedy is saving me.

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

I was sad and in a dark place, and I turned to a hobby to sort of take me out of that.

I would probably lose my mind if I wasn't busy. There's only so many video games I can play.