Before Quote by Cliff Sloan

I get up very early and write a lot.

— Mark Kurlansky

I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets…

— David Bowie

I'm a pretty early riser, so I'm sort of the queen of five A.M. I love getting up early. It's how I've written most…

— Rachel Hollis

I am not an early-morning person; I don't like to get out of bed, and so I don't begin writing at five A.M., though…

— Chinua Achebe

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I like to write early in the morning, like, 5 a.m. If I'm really on my game, I don't have any coffee or stimulants.…

— Travis Morrison

I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I've always been an early riser. Sometimes, I wake up at 4 A.M. and don't go back to sleep... My mind keeps churning out…

— Vic Reeves

When I wake up in the morning, I need the writing to go to. I begin there. And that's not an accident, I mean,…

— John Edgar Wideman

I hate being called lazy, so when everybody gets up at half seven in the morning, I'm up at the same time. Everyone goes…

— Nadine Shah

I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.

— Rachel Stevens

I'm not very good in the mornings and often stay up late writing, so I get up at about 10am if I'm not on…

— Graham Linehan