Leandra Medine Quotes

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

I'm nicer on tax day than I am when I'm on deadline.

The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.

I like to believe I perform better under pressure and at the last minute.

I stood for almost an hour in a line of shuffling, bitter - eyed late mailers (Christmas is such a carefree, low - pressure time - that's one of the things I love about it).

I think there's always great tension because there never seems to be enough - there is always pressure. There's always pressure because there isn't enough time. There's never enough time for a movie, it seems to me. Never.

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.

I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

If you're working 12-hour days, then you come home to do three hours' homework, it's quite a lot on your plate.

It's going to be over soon, so I don't really have time to get busy.

The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes very tearful and pressurised.

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.

… a job of infinite stress

Does anything good happen a couple days before Christmas? Nothing good happens just a few days before Christmas.

I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.

My productivity is overwhelming!

The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.