Maggie Gyllenhaal Quotes

The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day.

Life is too short to work so hard.

For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.

I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you wait for the night.

It is the nature of the business that you work unsociable, unpredictable hours and can get called away at a moment's notice to somewhere on the other side of the world. This can put a strain on home and personal life.

I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.

I've had jobs that allow me the flexibility to achieve work-life balance, to be there when one of the kids sinks a jump shot or for the parent-teacher meetings. I can move tasks around. If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening.

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.

I get into the office about 7 A.M., then I usually get out of the office a little after 7 P.M. I get home, I have dinner, then I spend a couple hours with my girls. I'm in bed about 9 P.M. That's the program!

I've got a clear line between work and real life.

I used to start at about 10 at night and work until early morning. My preferred way to work is to start in the early afternoon and work until about 3, go do errands, have dinner, and then write for a few more hours in the evening.

I come into work late morning time and go at it until early evening, and I'm lucky that I'm at the point where I'm able to do that.

I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother.

I tend to try and really separate my work from my real life.

You can maintain work-life balance even while pursuing careers.

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

I like working. But now I have a deal with my wife that I take a half-day off each week.

My work is just a hobby. No, I wouldn't want to do it professionally. It's too hard. Deadlines are no fun. But I can sit and tweak all night and not worry about time.

All my days are themed. Monday is managementTuesday is product, engineering, and design. Wednesday is marketing, growth, and communications. Thursday is partnership and developers. Friday is company and cultureOn the days beginning with T, I start at Twitter in the morning, then go to Square in the afternoon. Sundays are for strategySaturday is a day off.

Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!