Unproductive Environment Quotes

Sadly, the only constant in my writing environment stems from some inexplicable need to listen to the news. CNN loops over and over in the background from the time I wake until the time I finally, blessedly, fall asleep.

I was usually asked to do less than I was capable of by directors who had lost control of their movie.

The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they're all comatose.

The worst way to fire somebody is to let it drag out. It's not good for that person because they're not succeeding in their role. And it's not good for the organization because it's just not working.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

From the outside, Yahoo was extremely successful. It was making money; it was still bigger than Google. But when I got there, I learned what a disaster of a company looks like from the inside. There were a lot of vice presidents, and it was basically a turf battle between them.

For more than three months, I had been president and primary owner of Spellman Investigations, and I can say with complete certainty that I had more power in this office as an underling. My title, it seemed, was purely decorative. I was captain of an unfashionable and sinking ship.

Everybody meets a lot of idiots in their line of work, not just in music.

There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good things, the wonderful things the president and first lady are doing, they're looking for an error or to criticize. And it's not conducive to good work.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.

This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.

Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility.

WCW wasn't what I thought it should be. I thought it could be better. I would make suggestions, but nobody would want to hear them. They think you want their job. Please. It would be easier doing their job because they're used to doing nothing.

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization down.

There is little incentive for initiative just now: the [State] Department seems to take no interest; we never receive comments on our work and many of our questions go unanswered.

Having no choice doesn't result in innovation and performance improvement.

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.

The office during the day has become the last place people want to be when they really want to get work done. In fact, offices have become interruption factories.

Too many young guys on one team isn't good.