Quotes About Routine

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration.

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they're taxed. Then they go and get the cup of coffee, they're taxed....This goes on all day long. Tax, tax, tax.

I keep myself busy. Time goes faster that way.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter.

Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it.

You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.

I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.

Temperament, you'll find, is highly dependent on time of day, weather, frequency of naps, and whether one has had enough to eat.

I tended to write the book in these bursts of two or three months at a time. So I would know, or at least feel securely, that for the next few months I was at least going to have a few hours a day.

"It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his nails, Wal'r, then you may know that Ned Cuttle's aground."

I always wear my black watch on my left wrist so I know I'm on stage on time.

I tried synchronized swimming, but felt, over time, I was just going through the motions.

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.

No matter how late it is, when I get home, I take the time to clean and moisturize my face.

My doctor asked me if I smoked, and I said only when I'm working, golfing, or drinking. Then I realized the only time I don't smoke is when I'm home. I didn't even realize I'd become a smoker.

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.