Bob Thaves Quotes

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.

I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people.

I work early in the morning, before my nasty critic gets up - he rises about noon. By then, I've put in much of a day's work.

I get up early all the time.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.