Block Quote by Elliott Smith

“Time blocking, as it’s called, helps ensure that you don’t schedule other things on the days—or part of a day—you’ve set aside to work…

— Valerie Young

Fiction -- at least for me -- requires long, relatively uninterrupted time stretches in which to bring it to fruition. I've never been a…

— Samuel R. Delany

I write for three or four hours and then hopefully I'll have something. Then I draw for the rest of the afternoon... I literally…

— Stephan Pastis

Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any…

— Jo Nesbo

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing…

— Noah Baumbach

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the…

— Simon Van Booy

It's hard to tell if I've had writer's block because it seems to me that it's when nothing comes, but, you know, every day…

— Andrew Sean Greer

In the hours without sleep, each moment is so full and so vacant that it suggests itself as a rival of Time.

— Emile M. Cioran

I'm up at 8:30 every morning, and I write from about 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. - with some breaks, of course. I really…

— Sarah Mlynowski

As a writer, I can't really take days off. Writing is like creating an art. Once you stop writing, you can lose your rhythm…

— Andrea Hirata

I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes.…

— Claire Cameron

Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are naturally able to focus deeply on one thought. In…

— Scott Adams