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What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very…

— Louis Sachar

It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture…

— Lauren Gibbs

Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.

— George Pelecanos

There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do the shopping.…

— Lesley Manville

Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

When we don't get that escape from our work selves, I think we feel its absence on a deep, almost primal level. Leisure is…

— Katrina Onstad

Once you explore life outside of work, it becomes addictive. The less you work, the less you want to work. At first, the odd…

— Tom Hodgkinson

When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the…

— Dave Grohl

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your…

— Mitch Albom

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.

— Erica Jong

Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - that sort of…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Everyone has days where they don't get their way, where you have to go to bed early or you have too much homework to…

— Alex Hirsch