Cliff Sloan Quotes

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

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

Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.

That's been my routine for years and years... Up early before everybody else, before I get connected, before I get bugged, before I have obligations. Get the writing done first, then be the person I want to be in other ways after that.

I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock.

When you want to write well, wake up at 5 A.M.

Getting to my typewriter is something I push myself to, but once I am working, I work hard.

I get up very early and write a lot.

I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet; for a person who is as chaotic as me, who struggles to be in control, it is an absolute necessity to follow these rules and routines. If I let myself go, nothing will get done.

Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

I should be writing a poem every morning but I'm not.

When I write I find a quiet place.

Although I've made notes for things and even written synopses sitting in trains or on park benches, for the complete composition of things I need absolute solitude, preferably an empty house.

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 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 often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.