Jon Stewart Quotes

Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working.

A vacation for me is when I'm home and I'm writing.

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.

America's work ethic is non-stop; it's not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of.

One of the best parts of working at 'O' is that people just love to send us stuff.

I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with our names on it. Cool.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that.

I have the infinite galaxy from '2001' as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars.

Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.

I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

When men are employed, they are best contented.

Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable.

I really like Los Angeles. I like the weather, the openness of it, the beach, the mountains, the desert. I find it inspiring. I get quite a lot of writing done out there.

Being on the plane is my catch-up time. I write thank-you notes. I read. I write stand-up jokes.

If people feel like the boss doesn't respect them, they don't stretch for the boss.

I love to stay at home and write.

It's fun being around guys that want to work, that want to learn, that want to get better.

There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing.