I keep a picture of my beloved children close by. Also, water and plenty of pads and pens.
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.
I remember being amazed that actors had a union. I thought only coal miners had unions, or guys that worked in automobile plants. That's an indication of how naive I was.
If you always use your stapler in one place, keep it there, instead of thinking that all the office supplies should go in one place. I've moved a lot of things around in my house because of that.
You can run the office without a boss, but you can't run an office without secretaries.
The word "collective" is not so often used because it has been basically used by socialists and communists and has a different history. The word "cooperative" means the workplace itself is organized cooperatively, rather than in the conventional capitalistic, hierarchical form.
I have three boxes on my desk: In, Out, and Too Hard.
I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my cubicle. It looks like a mess. It doesn't look like anybody uses the spot.
In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while they're cooking. You want them to stay in the same spot.
My office is definitely an extension of my personality. I spend more time here than anywhere else, so it's important that it reflects my style and that it's an inspiring place to think - although it's admittedly impossible to keep clean with a gazillion beauty products coming in and out all the time.
If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
If a train stops at a train station, what do you think happens at a work station?
The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.
