Sloane Crosley Quotes

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

I don't want to get lost in everything. I just want to keep the same work ethic.

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

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'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.

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

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

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.

I always got my work done before playing.

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

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

I'm a big believer in regularity. My father taught me that. Get up early, get your work done, and that's, what, your highest level of energy before lunch.

We go to the office every day when we're writing - or supposed to be writing. It's not always productive, and there's a lot of procrastinating, just staring at the wall, like any other writing. But we just make ourselves go to the office every day for more or less the whole day.

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

I try to keep a regular work schedule.

I get up very early and write a lot.

I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

I am a working person. I always work, study or do research for my novel. I even work on Sunday.

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.