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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 only deadline is the one I give myself.

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.

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 are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.

I don't have these crazy deadlines. I don't have this, 'Oh it's got to be out tomorrow.' I don't like working like that.

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.

I work best after the deadline has passed, when I'm in a panic.