Donald E. Westlake Quotes

I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.

I'm the type of person that if I put it off, I'll forget about it.

I should have written that down. - Dilbert

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.

Why are you in such a rush?" Sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.

I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.

I'm never without my personalised Anya Hindmarch diary - I keep my schedule online, too, but my diary is always in my bag. It's crammed Post-its.

I don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization.

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

I use the default iOS calendar app. I've tried others, but it's my favorite, and I can't live without it. If it's not on my calendar, I'm not aware of it, whatever it is.

I don't make notes for myself because I either lose them or they make no sense to me at all. I once found a piece of paper with the note: 'everything.' Apparently I made a note to myself not to forget everything!

I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

I never know what day it is. Never, ever, ever.

If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me.

Every day, I think of designs, but I don't write them down, and I forget. If only I had an office.

I think backstory is really important to know because I'm all about prep work. I like to do all of my work right away, as soon as I get it. I'm incapable of procrastinating on anything, so I like to do all of the work.

I'm a planner, an organizer. I write things down because you can visually check them off and see progress. Writing things down is a lost art. I've got sticky notes all over my apartment.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.

I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.

I am as prompt as a clock, if I only know the day a thing is wanted—otherwise I am a natural procrastinaturalist.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.