Jim Butcher Quotes

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.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.

Procrastination is another form of resistance

I'm not looking at anything now. I'll look at it at the time. What I have seen, what I've seen is so bad.

My most pronounced writing habit is trying not to write.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

When people have recently asked me my profession, I have not dared to reply.

We are so in fear of failure that often we prefer not to try..

fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

I struggle getting ready for things.

I've kind of done everything late.

I do laundry, but my bags from the last race will sit there until the very last minute that I have to do laundry again.