House Quote by Emma Donoghue

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

— Dana Spiotta

I'm a terrible procrastinator but once I'm focused on my writing, the house could be on fire and I wouldn't notice.

— Lucy Beaumont

If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the…

— Peter Mullan

When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I…

— Fran Lebowitz

To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.

— David Grann

I tend to write in coffee shops and restaurants with friends of mine because if I'm at home, I get distracted by the television…

— Cassandra Clare

Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning…

— Paul Rudnick

When I'm really fixated on a bit of writing, I can easily spend six days without leaving the house and barely leaving my room.

— Alex Garland

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no…

— Octavia Butler

“Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. It's a matter of doing everything you can to…

— Paul Rudnick

My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write…

— Ru Freeman

Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new…

— Chuck Palahniuk