A writer should never allow himself to be lulled out of the vigilance native to his profession.Howard Jacobson
When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.Salman Rushdie
Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities.Douglas Coupland
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.Bertrand Russell
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.Bertrand Russell
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.Peter Drucker
