Assignments Quote by Margaret Haddix

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

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

I think I've learned over the years, because you'd have to be stupid not to, that when a book publisher gives you a deadline…

— Dave Barry

In journalism, if there's a hole in your story you figure out a way around it because you've got a 4 p.m. deadline. It's…

— Achy Obejas

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

I've never signed a contract, so never have a deadline. A deadline's an unnerving thing. I just finish a book, and if the publisher…

— Marchette Chute

Nothing focuses attention like a real deadline. If you are in a field where life and death, or having a job or not having…

— John Perry

It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a book wants…

— Elizabeth Berg

When I was getting ready for the release of 'Deadline,' when it was coming out soon, I decided that the appropriate way to get…

— Seanan McGuire

One of the things people think about me is that I don't do deadlines. But if you look at all the books I've ever…

— Neal Adams

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

— Carrie Fisher

Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working…

— Jill Abramson