Greta Gerwig Quotes

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

We need to execute fewer things better.

Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

We're reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what's important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.

I maximize every day.

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

We associate stress with action, but how can you take action without stress? You take the right actions with a different energy. Yes, that might affect the speed at which you work or how much you get done in one day, but you'll probably get things done more efficiently.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

I like to shoot a lot of choices. I like a lot of stuff - and so I push to go faster, to shrink the time between the takes so that the takes are what you're spending all your time on.

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.

I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that walking-around-thinking-about-it-when-you're-not-thinking-about-it time that I think is important for writers. When you're half-thinking about what you're working on while driving, cooking . . . just letting things sift and settle, come to you.

People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.

Everybody shut up. Let us work.

Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Eliminate the superfluous.

We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.

Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you.

Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.