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

I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.

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

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

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.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

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.

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.

I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.