Amy Pascal Quotes

I can control how much work I put in for me to be consistent.

I worked every night, and I'd go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Do the day's work.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

I start getting bored and misbehaving if I don't work hard. It's fine when you're younger - you go out a lot and muck around with your mates and drink and stuff - but I'm a bit over that now.

I know I need a work ethic to match my talent.

I don't think I would deliver the best work if I would do several projects at the same time. So it's one at a time, but I work a lot. I work nonstop actually, but that's what I like.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

It's shown and proved that hard work pays off. Make goals, achieve them and replace them with new goals.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.

I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I want to play with my daughter or watch a movie with my husband or go outside on the nicest day of the year. But if writing is going to be your job, you have to treat it like a job.