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Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
Sep 18, 2025
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.
So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.
Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.
All things come to those who wait.
Good things come to those who initiate.
Good things come to those who hustle
Good things come to those who wait.
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