Will Self Quotes

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.

Procrastinating is a habit that I have to overcome.

The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.

Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell.

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.

Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

Addictive behavior is kind of the inverse of procrastination: procrastination is about not being able to do what you want to do, addiction about not being able to not do what you don't want to do (drink, use drugs, etc.)

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline.

I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away.

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

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 means I have the entire day to get in my way.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'

I am an addictive personality.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.