As for inspiration, I find stark fear of missing the deadline very inspiring.
On tour, it's hard to do much writing, but if I'm on a deadline, I find a way.
I fell in love with Twitter. Fathers, lock up your deadlines.
Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.
The only time I ever iron the sheets or make meringues is when there is an ... urgent deadline in the offing.
In journalism, if there's a hole in your story you figure out a way around it because you've got a 4 p.m. deadline. It's a neat skill to have but it's deadly for literature. In literature, you need to stare at that hole, not ignore it. You need to figure it out.
With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.
