Individual Work Quotes

Definitely, doing my solo stuff, it's fun in a different way. I get a lot more say. However, there's a lot more work to do because I have to make everything happen.

When Tim and I first discussed the part in 2003, he told me, 'I'd love for you to play five Oompas.' But five Oompas quickly turned into 165 - and they're not computerized; I did each one individually myself.

Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.

Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball.

I'm such a solitary person that working on my own is perfect for me.

Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.

Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

For me, I prefer to work on my own. I feel like I can tap into a more genuine place, and I feel like my best stuff comes from writing on my own in my own zone.

For me, working alone is being able to express, which is the artistic part.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

I have always practiced by myself. It's just because that is when I can do the most work, the most efficient work, is when I am by myself, and I think I just find a little bit of peace when it comes to being able to be out here on the golf course, and you are just you and yourself and your thoughts.

A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

Seeing your work in something animated, you realize how little you have to do with all of it. It's always a surprise, and its always exciting to see. You never know what is going to happen when you're in that room by yourself.

I always write the script by myself.

I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head.

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

Composition has almost always been solitary.

You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we all work differently. You want to get the best work out of every individual actor.

In terms of the series, we worked separately, getting together in rehearsal to beat out the material.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.