Work is a way of bringing order to chaos, and there's a basic satisfaction in seeing that we are able to make something a little more coherent by... →
Alain de Botton
When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long... →
I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You... →
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
Nadia Boulanger
It's like a kitchen, acting. Put a chef in a kitchen and they will have different recipes. Whatever your recipe, what works for you won't... →
Carole Bouquet
If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.
Anthony Bourdain
I'm sure that at no point in my life could I ever have shown the kind of focus and discipline and commitment necessary to work a station at... →
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the... →
Pierre Bourdieu
I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.
Louise Bourgeois