Deadline Quotes

179 Deadline quotes by 157 unique authors

The ideal time for writing a [television] script is four days, though sometimes it has to be two or three days depending on the deadline.… — David E. Kelley
Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing. — Peter Gabriel
Goals are just dreams with deadlines. — Matthew Good
There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline. — Adriana Trigiani
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them. — Al Leiter
I'm nicer on tax day than I am when I'm on deadline. — Laurie Notaro
Television moves fast, and you don't have the indulgences you have when you're shooting movies of so many takes because there are tight deadlines. — Dev Patel
Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas. — Ashraf Ghani
I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I add. I subtract.… — Ellen Goodman
Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other… — Paul J. Meyer
I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader… — Grant Morrison
If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that… — George R. R. Martin
Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic. — Jan Karon
Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get… — Dave Eggers
If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going… — Dave Brubeck
There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people… — Robert Pozen
Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his… — Chris Crutcher
The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time.… — Chris Crutcher
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to… — Charles Frazier
With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion. — David Benioff

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157 authors contributed a total of 179 Deadline Quotes, led by these top contributors: