John Hurt Quotes

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.

That's the most difficult issue for me... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

I have no discipline, which is a horrible flaw for any writer. Once I'm well started on a project, though, then I'm addicted to it all day long. When it's done, I collapse and have to really kick myself to start a new one.

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

I like having a studio to go to. It's like having a job.

The best thing for my creative process is a deadline.

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

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 have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

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

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don't know quite how hard it is to stick with, to put in the amount of time and just make the commitment to just sit there every day and do it while everybody else is out having fun.

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

I always tell myself, 'When I'm working on my record, I won't cut my hair.' I get so focused on the music that I'm not really going to the hair shop and getting cut up. I just have one thing to focus on.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

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

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.