Sarah Dessen Quotes

I just find things that work and embellish them.

For me, I'd rather be the inventive one, and if something doesn't work, I'll go back to the workshop, put it on the bench, and pound on it for awhile.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.

When things that normally work aren't working, you have to go to something else.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

Doing a scene is like opening a bottle. If it doesn't open one way, try another - perhaps even give it up for another bottle?

Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.

Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.

We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.

There is no facet of my professional life that doesn't require or request improvisation.

We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.

You must adapt to the situation. This is where the pictures come from.

I can have my day carefully planned, but if someone wakes up with a cough or a sniffle, then everything changes. Thinking quickly and adapting without grumbling are essential skills to learn, in my opinion.