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I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

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.

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

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

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.