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Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write. I now work only around 35 hours per week. I do not work on weekends because these are the days that I use for research as well as for my writing.

— Ashwin Sanghi

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.

— Amy Ray

My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output.

— Donald E. Westlake

While in my late teens and in my 20s, I worked seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I worked my tail off.

— John Catsimatidis

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.

— Roddy Doyle

I still manage to spend around 40 hours a week at work but it is a lot more focused on what can make money as opposed to what makes me look good in the papers.

— Benjamin Cohen

One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.

— John Lescroart

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

— Brandon Sanderson

I write in the mornings or afternoons - I'm not a night owl and can write for only four or five hours maximum.

— Sarah Hall

I am a working person. I always work, study or do research for my novel. I even work on Sunday.

— Andrea Hirata

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.

— Ken Livingstone