Michael Giacchino Quotes

I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who freelance or are writers struggle with the structure of it. I'm not allowed to check email before a certain hour. I'm not allowed to run errands during the day. I have to write a certain amount every day.

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

I try to deal with my serious reading before work.

If I didn't have my little schedule book, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things.

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.

I try to prioritize a certain amount of quiet work every day.

I don't want to get lost in everything. I just want to keep the same work ethic.

Having a routine makes for a better professional.

I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.

I usually sit down at 8 A.M. and work through to 7 P.M., with breaks that total no more than an hour and a half.

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get stuff done, or I continue to do things and not go off on a year of unproductivity.

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

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

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