It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything. Votes: 2
Michio KakuIf a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Votes: 2
Laurence J. PeterMy desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely. Votes: 0
Tom StoppardI have always believed you cannot run a successful enterprise from behind a desk. Votes: 0
Lou GerstnerI doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair. Votes: 0
Gloria SwansonJust write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write. Votes: 0
Emma ThompsonMy pets are very supportive, as they curl up in their beds underneath my desk. Votes: 0
Rolonda WattsWe are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them. Votes: 0
Mary Roberts RinehartI am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous. Votes: 0
Elizabeth HurleyStill, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk. Votes: 0
John GrishamThe boy's got problems, the boy's got stress, the boy's got a .38 hidden in his desk. Votes: 0
Alice CooperA lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk. Votes: 0
Robert AndersonWriters tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk. Votes: 0
Eric IdleDon't clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can't see tonight. Votes: 0
Bruce MauMy desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach. Votes: 0
Dani ShapiroAll the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganA desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinBecause I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true. Votes: 0
Christiane AmanpourI thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk. Votes: 0
Brad BarkleyThe view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience. Votes: 0
Buzz AldrinIf your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. Votes: 0
Tom PetersThis desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerA writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove. Votes: 0
M. F. K. FisherI notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write. Votes: 0
Gary PanterI've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I haven't even opened yet! Votes: 0
Karen WalkerWhy is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice Votes: 0
Lewis CarrollDude,â I said, leaning over the desk, âIâm about as psychic as a carrot. Votes: 0
Darynda JonesI enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job. Votes: 0
Christopher ParkerI'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk. Votes: 0
Simon BeaufoyIt takes, unhappily, no more than a desk and writing supplies to turn any room into a confessional. Votes: 0
Thomas PynchonI've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place. Votes: 0
Jon ForemanI couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films. Votes: 0
Jean-Marc ValleeWhy do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk? Votes: 0
James Lee BurkeI stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. Votes: 0
Robin WilliamsThere's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. Votes: 0
Tony ScottIf a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinI sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. Votes: 0
Jeannette WallsHere, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island. Votes: 0
Etty HillesumI'm even though I'm not per se sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time. Votes: 0
Hayden PanettiereOne of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk. Votes: 0
Tess GerritsenWhile in high school, I worked part time at Subway, then at the front desk of the local YMCA, then at a tennis club, until I landed an unpaid internship at 'The Mountain View Voice,' my hometown newspaper. Votes: 3 Jose Antonio Vargas
In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness. Votes: 3 Gretchen Rubin
I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk. Votes: 3 John E. Jones III
I cannot see myself sitting at a desk from nine to five! Votes: 3 Reggie Lee