Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.

I am an old consumer of papers. I cannot avoid reading my newspapers every morning.

I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.

I am writing this during my lunch period, because I need to reach towards the outside world of sanity, because I am overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the clerical work still to be done, and because at this hour of the morning normal ladies are still sleeping.

I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.

I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.

For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.

In the morning, I reach for the sports page.

To wake up in the morning and just know what I'm going to wear, it helps me get out of the house faster.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

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

I try not to take much time off for lunch, so I usually end up with a tossed salad from the local deli.

I tend not to look at Twitter in the morning; I try to force myself not to, for time management. I'll look at it on the way to work.

I wake up at 10. I have coffee, and then I spend a half an hour on the computer, where I read newspapers and progressive blogs. I have to tear myself away, or I'll spend all day reading.

I usually get up early because I like the quiet time in the morning to have my coffee, and I look at the news of the day, and give myself a chance to wake up.

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

I'm a 6 AM guy. I get up at 6 AM every morning so I can knock out my email, phone calls and start the day.

Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning's work.

Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer.

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

Usually I get up early every morning and from 6:00 to 10:00 I write. The rest of the time I study and prepare my work or I do other things. But four hours a day are exclusively devoted to writing.