Work Quotes

The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.

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"I'm the best in the world at what I do, and then I realize what I do isn't worth doing."
Joseph Heller
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"Work is the price we pay for survival."
Joseph Heller
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"Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day."
Norman Mailer
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"Work is the means by which we prove our worth to ourselves and others."
Norman Mailer
"I urge you to do your dancing and singing and everything just as good as you possibly can the first time all the time."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Careers are a twentieth-century invention and I don't want one."
Kurt Vonnegut
"The minute I stop doing this, I'm presumably dead."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Hustling is fun."
William S. Burroughs
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"Never should work go until the work is complete."
William S. Burroughs
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"The greatest con job ever pulled was making people believe they have to work."
William S. Burroughs
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"I don't think you can be a good man and be successful in business."
Saul Bellow
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"You can't help but admire the people who are up at the crack of dawn."
Saul Bellow
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"There is no way to be a writer if you don't write."
Saul Bellow
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"Work is what you do when you'd rather be doing something else."
Joseph Heller
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"Work is love made visible, as long as you choose it."
Joseph Heller
"I have always believed that if you are going to write, you must commit yourself to it."
Philip Roth
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"Talent is like a faucet - while it is open, you have to write."
Norman Mailer
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"Talent is a form of energy - it must move or it will stagnate."
Norman Mailer
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"The only time I ever feel right is when I'm working."
Norman Mailer
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"There is nothing more important than the integrity of one's work."
Norman Mailer
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"I'll die when I stop writing"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Work is love made visible"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Housework is a grind but it's kind of nice."
Jack Kerouac
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Jack Kerouac
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"Work without meaning is punishment."
Joseph Heller
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"Work is the price we pay for progress."
Joseph Heller
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"Work on your craft every single day."
William S. Burroughs
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"Work gives life meaning when it is connected to a larger purpose."
Norman Mailer
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"Work for nothing and you'll be happy"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Work becomes art when it comes from the heart"
Allen Ginsberg