Most things good for writing are bad for life. Lorrie Moore

Hiding Within

It turns out procrastination is not typically a function of laziness, apathy, or work ethic as it is often regarded to be. It's a neurotic self-defense behavior that develops to protect a person's sense of self-worth.

You see, procrastinators tend to be people who have, for whatever reason, developed to perceive an unusually strong association between their performance and their value as a person. This makes failure or criticism disproportionately painful, which leads naturally to hesitancy when it comes to the prospect of doing anything that reflects their ability – which is pretty much everything.

David Cain, Procrastination Is Not Laziness

Save your sorrow for after the fight

As best as I can tell, this is a quote from The Last Jedi (I've not seen it – Star Wars isn't my jam). The entire quote from Rian Johnson's script:

Save your sorrow for after the fight. Close your eyes. Feel it. The Light, it’s always been there. It will guide you.

Why We Do What We Do (Or Should)

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

Ozzy Osbourne

Obsessions R Us

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

                                                                                  Franz Kafka

Guts to the Door

I fought for all those words. [Life] made me dig deep... I think at least a part of what drives us is trying to know the unknown. To get to that door, so it can be opened. You find that, more often than not, you really weren't all that interested in what was behind the door––getting there was what it was all about.

                                                                                                                    Henry Rollins

Lighting into the darkness of wo/men's hearts ain't easy

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.

Herbert Von Karajan

To achieve great things, two things are needed; A plan, and not quite enough time.

Leonard Bernstein