“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.”
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
“Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
“If you choose your life's work well, something bewitching can happen through your labors. Each hour you log can be a source of joy.”
“Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the numbers, in the right orders, so you can have anything you want.”
“You will be fierce. You will fearless. And you will make work you know in your heart is not as good as you want it to be.”