Taking Breaks Quotes

Most of the time, I'm making music. There'll be moments of my life where I feel like I gotta to take a break and come back to the music. It's hard to explain, but you need to get a break from it and then come back to it. It's like you gotta lose something to appreciate it.

You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.

Before kids, I was really going to the limit. Afterwards, I was approaching the limit but then maybe turning around.

I've never been very good at slowing down.

If you don't stay in some days, you can't recharge your batteries.

It's okay to not be working all the time and to be gentle on yourself when you're not. When it feels like you're losing that inspiration - or you're in a rut, not making stuff, and your head gets all weird - be gentle on yourself. Just ease into things naturally. But you still have to ease into it: you still have to sit in the chair.

The landscape changes, so enjoy it: of course, you have to have an objective in mind - to reach the top. But as you are going up, more things can be seen, and it's no bother to stop now and again and enjoy the panorama around you. At every meter conquered, you can see a little further, so use this to discover things that you still had not noticed.

I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when I get stuck, which happens often, I take the dogs for a walk. But during the time when I'm not actually writing, I'm thinking.

I'm not saying you need to take a break because you're crazy. I'm saying you need to take a break so you can be crazy, and people aren't going to judge you. You're going to do dumb stuff from here on out. But do it in your own time. Do it safely. You can afford to protect yourself and still have fun.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

You want to be prepared for when you have to stop playing.

I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie a year.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

I don't recommend not working hard, but it's worked for me.

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.

Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too.

I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.

It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.