Adam Schlesinger Quotes

I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

I'd just love to sit at home, wake up at 10AM, go to my own office with my dog, and write a movie. I don't know if I'm capable of doing that though. I think I'll just end up playing Minecraft and self-destructing.

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 procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.

I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

Every project is a race between your enthusiasm and your ability to get it done. Go fast. Don't slow down. A year from now, new things will interest you.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

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

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

Every morning I tell myself, 'Today has to be productive' - and then something happens that prevents me from writing.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

You have to take care of yourself so you can manage the workload of a very, very full plate.

I like to stay busy. I am a workaholic, and I like to be creative.

Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.

I have a terrible work ethic. The best way for me to do anything in life is for someone to say, 'You need to do this by this time, or you're in trouble'.

Either I need an assignment with a strict deadline - like something for a movie or a TV show or whatever - or else I need to create a made-up deadline for myself for my own records. Otherwise, I don't write anything.

An awesome thing about starting your own business? There's no one there to tell you what to do! But that, you might quickly discover, is a double-edged sword. If you're not careful, you won't shower for four days straight, and you'll spend half your time researching 'girly, stylish office' on Pinterest instead of getting any real work done.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us

I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.

All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and talking to my mother on the phone.