Determine Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell

I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have…

— George R. R. Martin

The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.

— Victor LaValle

Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.

— Diane Ackerman

“A deadline gets a writer's work done done better and faster than any inspiration, if only because inspirations don't always come, but the deadline…

— AA Patawaran

My publisher is generous with deadlines, which are never set in stone. Some writers need that pressure, but I am more productive when there's…

— Julia Glass

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time

— Karl Kraus

I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

— Timothy Dalton

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

— T. S. Eliot

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work

— Donna Tartt

I've never met a deadline I couldn't miss. I make sure my editors know this.

— Carrie Fisher

Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.

— David Eagleman