I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?
When I came overseas, I realized that there are many ideologies and many trends, and it's also very hard to produce honest art and honest literature. I decided that I didn't want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because that's also a kind of pressure that doesn't allow absolute freedom. So I decided that I was only going to produce works that were satisfactory to me, and that meant not following any trends and being anti-ideological.
I've always tried to learn from the greats: Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Ghandi, Buddha, Jesus. . . it's just that there's this tremendous pressure to correct all the things they got wrong.
I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.
Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure. '
There is so much pressure on women to be heterosexual, and this pressure is both so pervasive and so completely denied, that I think heterosexuality cannot come naturally to many women: I think that widespread heterosexuality among women is a highly artificial product of the patriarchy. . . . I think that most women have to be coerced into heterosexuality.
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, thats something a professional golfer has to handle.
I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.
No! I don't feel any pressure right now!
When people say, "Show your face, you're not ugly. " I want to say, "I know. I'm not doing it because I think I'm ugly; I'm trying to have some control over my image. And I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also I'd like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on ten pounds or I have a hair extension out of place. " Most people don't have to be under that pressure, and I'd like to be one of them. I don't go on Twitter. Because when people say things like, I don't know, "I hope you get cancer and die," it hurts my feelings.
Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may be difficult to carry out, but most of us could do it if we tried. At any rate, we should moderate the pace at which we are living. If we remain at high gear, at top pressure, we are bound to suffer from fatigue and strain.
There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.
You may be cool under pressure and challenge, but can you be cool under success?