Mind Work Quotes

Most of my work is in my mind.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.

The mind has to be right and the work has to match the mind.

Your work isn't just to learn and say the lines. Your work is to figure out what the chatter in your brain is, that's going on under the lines. It doesn't matter whether you're speaking or not speaking because your mind is working the way your character's mind would work.

My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.