Roxane Gay Quotes

I never feel like I should have any time free.

I'm not a workaholic!

I feel overworked, but when I don't work, I feel weird.

I'm always working. I work wherever I am.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

I just don't stop working.

I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.

Honestly, I really just think I work too hard to feel any pressure.

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

At times, you get going and you think you need to work, work, work, and your body is going to get fatigued at some point.

I can't stop working!

We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don't have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

Honestly, all I ever do is work.

I stop short of being a workaholic.

I filmed seven movies in 2011 and I think that was a mistake. I pushed myself too hard and I want to be able to come to work each day and give 100 percent. I guess I found out what my boundaries are.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.

I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.

I was working, like, 14-hour days on 'Fargo,' and now if I schedule more than two things in a day, I'm like, 'Whoa, you guys. That's two train rides, and I have to plan for an hour-and-a-half lunch with my cat.'

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.