Allowed Quote by Sloane Crosley

Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.

— Lois Lowry

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.

— Herman Wouk

Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.

— Francine Rivers

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

— Julia Cameron

I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that…

— Dani Shapiro

In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you…

— Melvin Burgess

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to…

— Liza Campbell

My advice to anyone with writerly ambitions and a demanding day job is to set aside a little piece of time, even an hour…

— Camille Perri

Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and…

— Mary Oliver

I begin early in the morning and edit everything I wrote the previous day. I write until mid-afternoon. My goal is to write a…

— Virginia Henley

The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money…

— Judith Krantz

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of…

— Leo Tolstoy