Busy Quote by John Lydon

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

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

My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.

— Ernest Hemingway

I think of myself as naturally idle. The trouble is, the 'nothing' that I do every day is not really nothing. I potter. I…

— Robert Webb

I try to keep a steady pace with my writing. I have found that super-productive days are usually followed by two and even three…

— Scott Spencer

Busyness, I feel increasingly, is the writer's curse and downfall. You read too much and write too readily, you become cut off from your…

— Hilary Mantel

Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to hold myself…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give…

— Rick Riordan

I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the…

— Natascha McElhone

Every morning I tell myself, 'Today has to be productive' - and then something happens that prevents me from writing.

— Italo Calvino

I write in spurts. I write when I have to because the pressure builds up and I feel enough confidence that something has matured…

— Susan Sontag

Compulsive busyness. Schedule time every day to not be busy. Have dedicated downtime clear points in the day to reflect, rest, and recharge. Dont…

— ZhatsPrincess