I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.
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'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.
I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.
Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.
... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.