13 Quotes by Brad Listi

Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I’ll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work.

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere – and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don’t mind the idea of writing seven days a week, I suppose. Getting some work done early in the morning. But ideally I would love to take one day a week off.