What struck me is his processes of doing all his writing in the morning "because no one has had time to call me up and hurt my feelings." It sounds kind of sill

What struck me is his processes of doing all his writing in the morning "because no one has had time to call me up and hurt my feelings." It sounds kind of silly, but it also makes a ton of sense. It's so hard to be creative and in a flow state when you have other thoughts (especially personal relationships) encroaching on your focus. I got to go listen to Michael Chabon give a lecture once, and he also does all his writing in the morning. 4 hours of uninterrupted writing every day is all it takes to be an author, he said. But it's critical that it's uninterrupted and that it is every day, even if it sucks and you aren't in the mood and you only get one ok page or one good paragraph out of the whole 4 hours.