“A deadline gets a writer's work done done better and faster than any inspiration, if only because inspirations don't always come, but the deadline is always there.”
“A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.”
“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline”
“.. the BEST inspiration EVER !!!! --- DEADLINE :))”
“I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.”
“Polly was a writer of many deadlines. There were the ignorable deadlines, the not-to-be-taken-too-seriously deadlines: the deadlines-before-the-deadlines deadlines, and finally, the no-kidding-around deadlines. She set these various dates, she'd told him, to fool herself.”