Personal Time Quotes

Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.

I need an hour alone before dinner, with a drink, to go over what I've done that day. I can't do it late in the afternoon because I'm too close to it. Also, the drink helps. It removes me from the pages.

I want to go make a movie and be very present for that and give it everything I have, and after we're done, then the rest of the time is mine.

My favorite thing about summer is just the idea of having a little time off to do things for you, whether that be going on a vacation, spending more time with your friends, or going to places you've never been before.

At home, I relax by catching up with friends.

I would say 20 percent of my time is alone, which I love.

Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.

It's important that I get time to run, to just go for a jog for about 30 minutes. It helps with my voice, but it also kind of gives me a little bit of time to myself - and you get to see a city.

I get to office early at about 8 A.M., and I'm back home by 6 to write.

My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.

Like anyone else, I enjoy my days off.

I drink alone. Yeah, with nobody else. You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

I don't read work emails after 7 P.M. or on weekends.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

Friday's a free day. A woman's day.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

I have more time to work; I just do. Because once your kids are up and running, that frees you up a good 20, 30, hours a week.

I arrange flowers in my spare time. Well, when I have spare time, that is.

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

When I get a chance, I go to the movies.

I typically wake up at 5:30, and that's my time. I read newspapers, have coffee.

I run 50-70 miles a week and lift five or six days. It's my time.

It's hard no to work, so I find a way to put myself back to work. And I think it's important, in between projects, for me to sit down with who I've just become and allow her to continue to evolve and find a home inside me before I go and become somebody else. But I think I also need to learn to relax and not prepare too much, just enjoy life. I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.

I've learned that one of my greatest secrets is scheduling downtime into a busy schedule. This gives me the time to have quality moments with my husband and son, who both recharge my spirit in ways I never imagined.