Writing is like a noble gas, it expands to fit the…

[The unreactivity of the noble gas elements] belongs to the surest of experimental results.

— Friedrich Paneth

For me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could not live without writing.

— Pablo Neruda

Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.

— Anonymous

“Writing is like a relationship. When it is good, it is damn good; when it is bad, you contemplate murder.”

— Nevea Lane

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

“Procrasdemon is fighting hard to feed off of distractions and pleasures.”

— Neeraj Agnihotri

Potential is an excuse to procrastinate; Ambition is a means to thrive.

— Donovan King

“If you want to begin living a Zen lifestyle, start living it right now and don’t procrastinate.”

— Alexis G. Roldan

When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate. Not prerequisites.

— Gulzar

I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Urgency makes the difference between practitioners, proclaimers and procrastinators.”

— Richie Norton

Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while…

— Daniel Levitin

Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not…

— Nido R Qubein

“I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit…

— Mary Shelley

“The real enemy of genius is the router in the hallway.”

— A.O. Monk