"The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always."
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"You can go out and try to do the best work that you can do within the context of what that is, but it's really gotta be about the work and what you're focusing on."
"I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer."
"The best work flows from us effortlessly. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you."
"The Capitol is the best work I have ever done, or shall ever do, and I am glad to have Given it to St. Paul."
"I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge."
"Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political."
"I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies."
"I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers."
"You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses."
"Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point."
"I've gotten jobs because I'm a woman, and I've lost jobs because I'm a woman. So just do the best work you can. It won't go unnoticed."