Lawrence O'Donnell Quotes

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

I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

Like most millennials, I have the bad, anxiety-inducing habit of grabbing my phone in the morning and scrolling through social media for 15, 20 minutes before I'm fully awake.

I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control. I am totally fine admitting i have none. I'm not going to blame Twitter for affecting my writing. And also, Twitter doesn't affect my writing.

I'm out of bed before the alarm goes off.

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.

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like to use my time more carefully.

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

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

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

I get up at the same time every morning.

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

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.

Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don't believe media compel distraction, but I think it's clear that they afford it.

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

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

A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net.

Some people are totally fine with just checking Instagram once a day and then putting their phone down. But with me... self regulation is very difficult and it's a battle.

I just tell myself I gotta get up at 8 A.M. I don't even use an alarm clock.

During the playoffs, I tone down the Internet usage.

I came off Snapchat. I was done with it... I think I spent too much time on it.

I'm not really about spending every second on social media. I think there's a lot more useful things you can do with your time.

I don't exclusively talk to people on social media; I don't meet people through Tinder. I try to keep it face-to-face, and to be aware if my phone is sucking me away from the rest of the world.

I'm a 6 AM guy. I get up at 6 AM every morning so I can knock out my email, phone calls and start the day.