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In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always have so much on my plate.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's not like I'm just sweating bullets or anything if the clock is ticking. I never let myself get in that situation.

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

You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.