“Fiction -- at least for me -- requires long, relatively uninterrupted time stretches in which to bring it to fruition. I've never been a two-hour-in-the-morning writer, who could put in another six hours on Sunday afternoon. For me, a novel requires weeks of living in a largely mental and wholly internal landscape. Everything else has to be relegated to the odd hour here, the bit of time there. Sadly, however, uninterrupted time blocks are not what life doles out today to any of us with regularity.” LongTwoTodayBitsHoursFictionMorningNovelWeekSixBlockLandscapeOddInternalsSundayAfternoonRegularityFruitionSunday Afternoons Book:Conversations with Samuel R. Delany Source: Conversations with Samuel R. Delany
“Honestly, just waking up every morning with headaches is tough, to know that I can't play tonight or I can't run tonight. Once the headaches started going away a little bit, I knew I had a chance.” KnowsLittlesI CanPlayRunningBitsChanceMorningLittle BitToughWake UpHonestlyTonightGoing AwayWakingEvery MorningHeadacheWaking Up Every Morning Author:Alecko Eskandarian
“I'm kind of a social person and I enjoy corresponding with people and checking out their Facebook pages. And it really doesn't take much time. Ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at night and a little bit during the day. It's just something I really enjoy.” PeopleKindLittlesPersonsNightSocialBitsEnjoyMorningMinutesTenLittle BitPagesCorrespondingFacebook PageChecking Out Author:Chris Frantz
“Finding your passion is like finding your career soul mate. You 'date around' a bit, trying various jobs, but one day you find something you love so much you wanna marry it and see it every morning before your first cup of coffee.” TryingFirstsSoulJobsPassionBitsCareersMorningOne DayFindingsVariousCoffeeCupsMatesEvery MorningSoul MateCoffee CupSomething You LoveFinding Your Passion Author:Emme
“I love Starbucks. Maybe thats a bit sad. But I definitely need my caffeine. Its what gets me out of bed in the morning.” NeedsBitsMorningBedCaffeineStarbucks Author:Nikki Sixx
“I've been moving a little to the music while I worked ...and then I realize I am actually dancing. It feels wonderful, though I can feel how stiff my muscles are, how rigidly I've been holding myself...Mostly I've been moving cautiously, numbly, steeled because I know, at any moment, I may be ambushed by overwhelming grief. You never know when it's coming, the word or gesture or bit of memory that dissolved you entirely...It happens every day at first, then not for a day or two, then there's a week when grief washes in every morning, every afternoon.” KnowsFeelsFirstsMayLittlesI CanTwoMomentsHappensMovingBitsRealizingMemoriesGriefMorningWonderfulWeekDancingMusclesOverwhelmingAfternoonGesturesEvery Morning Author:Mark Doty
“As far as sleeping goes, you're up and ready to go at six in the morning. Spring training was always a combination of relaxing and working, and I missed that quite a bit. I missed being around the ball field. A baseball. A bat. The smell of the uniform, you might say. Talking baseball. Seeing opponents as well as the Cubs.” WellsMightBitsSleepTalkingMorningSeeingFieldsReadySixSpringTrainingBaseballBallsSmellCombinationOpponentsUniformsBatsCubsSpring Training Author:Lou Boudreau
“When we sit down to draw or paint the sun's rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you're left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish.” LittlesUseLightLeftBitsMorningSunLittle BitDrawsRedBluePaintEveningRaysYellow Author:Bill Nye
“I don't go to an office, so I write at home. I like to write in the morning, if possible; that's when my mind is freshest. I might write for a couple of hours, and then I head out to have lunch and read the paper. Then I write for a little bit longer if I can, then probably go to the library or make some phone calls. Every day is a little bit different. I'm not highly routinized, so I spend a lot of time wandering around New York City with my laptop in my bag, wondering where I'm going to end up next. It's a fairly idyllic life for someone who likes writing.” IfsWritingMindLittlesI CanDifferentEndsHomeMightNextBitsHoursCitiesWonderMorningNew YorkCoupleOfficePaperLittle BitLibraryPhonesLikesWanderBagsNew York CityLunchPhone CallsLaptopsWandering AroundIdyllic Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.” WorldWayFeelsLittlesI CanFeelingsEyeBeautifulFallHouseBitsMorningCasesFiveLike YouLittle BitFeel GoodMessExtrasShakesPocketsProteinThings I LoveFeeling BeautifulReally PrettyMess With MePretty Eyes Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“The way I write is this: I write about a thousand words a day, a little bit more. The next morning, I read those thousand words and cursorily edit that. Then I write the next thousand. I do that all the way to the end of the book and then I reread the book quite a few times, editing as go through.” WayWritingLittlesBookEndsNextBitsMorningThousandLittle BitEditingEdits Author:Walter Mosley
“In the morning, I work on my core stability and do some work with the exercise bands. Sometimes I do some upper body and a little bit of leg weights to get warm and ready for training. And then I'm out on the pitch.” LittlesSometimesBodyBitsMorningReadyExerciseBandLittle BitTrainingWeightLegsWarmCoreStability Author:Jozy Altidore
“Every morning I wake up, I can't even wait to go and see what life can I change today. It doesn't have to be a lot of lives, but I can change one life a little bit here, a little bit there, and I hope that everything I create, people know that.” PeopleKnowsLittlesI CanTodayBitsWaitingMorningLittle BitWake UpEvery Morning Author:Suze Orman
“I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into graphic design and art. I decided to be a little bit of an artist on my face.” ThinkingLittlesLongArtFacesArtistBitsPerfectMorningDesignLittle BitMusicianLong TimeDecidedEvery MorningBeardGraphicGraphic DesignDesign And Art Author:Craig David
“I love Calgary. It's a great city. I enjoyed my time there, quite a bit. Shooting and filming in that cold could be very difficult, at times. When you're shooting nights, and it's 3 in the morning and minus 35 degrees, that's hard to work in.” HardNightBitsDifficultCitiesMorningColdDegreesEnjoyedShootingMy TimeGreat CitiesMinusCalgary Author:Colin Hanks
“But the Fear (that sensation that all writers get of how the hell do words get from my puny little brain to into a book, and isn't magic somehow involved, and surely I'm not qualified to be involved in any part of that process, and I somehow managed that tomorrow, but you mean I have to do it this morning too, well how do I even start?) withdraws quite a bit when it's already light and lovely outside when I get to my desk. So I got right past that big moment today, and into the fun slide down towards the ending, yelling whee.” WellsMeanLittlesBookMomentsBigsLightTodayPastFunBitsProcessBrainMorningHellMagicTomorrowInvolvedLovelySensationsDesksQualifiedSlidesYelling Author:Paul Cornell
“When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits of inspiration floating about and grab them.” WritingTwoInspirationThreeBitsHoursMorningCoupleFloatingTrance Author:Kate Bush
“And sometimes when I would get in the morning, when we'd go out - we'd see shrapnel and bits of stuff in the streets and bombed buildings, and - but I was evacuated a lot. Every time the blitz got heavy, my parents would take us off to the country.” CountrySometimesStuffBitsParentMorningStreetsBuildingHeavyBlitz Author:Joan Collins
“In the morning I stand up, scratch a little bit, then I light a candle and I meditate. Every morning. I've been meditating for maybe 20 years. I meditate so I can make choices; so I'm not a sheep all the time. So I can see better than what everyone else is doing.” YearsLittlesI CanLightChoicesBitsMorningLittle BitCandleSheepEvery MorningScratchesMeditating Author:Russell Simmons
“I tend to work in the mornings, then take a few hours off in the afternoon to walk the dog, and then come back and work in the evening. So, if I can remember my pre-dog walking music when I get back then that's fine, I'll kind of commit to those bits, but if I can't remember them I'll just move on to something else.” IfsKindI CanRememberMovingBitsHoursWalksMorningDogFineWalkingCommitEveningGet BackAfternoonJust Move OnDog Walking Author:Thighpaulsandra
“I think the idea of being on stage and playing for people, and being able to inject a little bit of joy into their lives is a really exciting concept for me. That's definitely why I make music. It's never been for any kind of materialistic reasons, so that thought of being able to be up on stage, and being able to give something to someone in a moment of need for them - that gets me up in the morning; that really excites me.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingKindLittlesIdeasReasonMomentsAbleLife IsJoyBitsMorningStageLittle BitConceptsExcitingMaterialistic Author:Kimbra
“Someone wrote to me asking me to illustrate a missed connection that "hasn't happened yet." This guy has seen the same girl waiting at a bus stop on his morning commute for weeks, and has been trying to find a way to approach her. He thought it would be fun to put up a Missed Connections poster [of my painting] on the corner where she waits and see what happens. It is kind of an intriguing idea but there's something a bit too manipulative about it for my liking. It's a fine line between being creative and stalking!” WayTryingKindHas BeensIdeasHappensWould BeGuyGirlFunBitsWaitingLinesMorningCreativeHappenedWeekPaintingFineApproachConnectionsAskingCornersBusBe CreativeThis GuyIntriguingPostersStalkingFine LinesManipulativeBus StopsMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“Psychologists call it "defocused attention," where you broaden your horizons, let your mind float and drift a bit. Coffee keeps us sharp and alert. It's great if you're driving at 3 o'clock in the morning. It's not so great if you're trying to come up with the next violin concerto.” IfsTryingMindNextBitsAttentionMorningCome UpCoffeeDrivingClockHorizonFloatsPsychologistViolin Author:Eric Weiner
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“Most directors do work in pairs. There's usually some form of this, sometimes it literally comes down to you both show up in the morning and one of you is like, "I'm a little tired and overwhelmed today, so I might need you to just be a little step ahead of me and speak with more confidence because I'm not quite there." So, there's quite a bit of that in other teams.” NeedsLittlesSometimesShowsMightTodayFormSpeakBitsStepsMorningTeamDirectorsTiredPairsOverwhelmedNeed You Author:Mark Duplass
“I'm wishing every Saturday had primaries, because welcome to an amazing Sunday, where everything seems a tad bit clearer this morning.” SeemsWishBitsMorningWelcomePrimariesSundaySaturday Author:Chuck Todd
“People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in a lot of deep sleep, if someone wakes you, or the phone rings or something, you're really confused.” PeopleIfsLittlesDreamRememberNightBitsSleepMorningLittle BitPhonesRingsConfusedWakes YouDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“I don't mind being recognized, it's just that I have a bit of social anxiety, and this situation has increased it. The idea of having to be 'on' and social at random times can be difficult. I'll be out in the morning, someone comes and takes a picture, and then I discover I have toothpaste on my face.” MindIdeasFacesSocialBitsDifficultSituationMorningAnxietySocial AnxietyToothpaste Author:Simon Helberg