James Welch Quotes

I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.

Getting up early means I can write for a few hours before anyone starts phoning me or ringing the doorbell.

When I write, I try to turn my Internet off so I can't procrastinate through the Internet, but then I just get deeply involved in whatever I have just on my computer.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

Study first, play afterwards.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

I would have to say I was an excellent student. I was the type to always do my homework and study when I needed to. I never really partied or did anything like that.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

Read a record number of books in a given month. If you're focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

The habit I've developed is to write in any free half hour I might find.

I am so thrilled to carve out a few minutes to write that I grab it whenever I can.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

I can't let distractions get in the way.

I have to use all these programs that cut off the internet, force me to be bored, because being bored is an essential part of writing, and the internet has made it very hard to be bored.

There's something about majors where I just focus a lot more. Obviously, I need to do that more often.

I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would benefit me. I also started studying a lot harder in school. It matured me a remarkable amount and made me completely focused.

There's so many things running through your mind. If you can formulate a game plan that works for you and allows you to block outside distractions and get to what matters, that's how the talent is able to come out.