Premjith Mathew

“Worked like a Trojan. That’s one thing I’ll say for the Chinese: when it comes to pure old-fashioned work, you can’t fault them.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

“And this grey spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

“Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits. I don’t think many readers finishing a book ask themselves how many hours of anguish and domestic calamities those two hundred pages have cost the author or how much he received for his work …”
― Gerald Martin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life

“The trick is to make time—not steal it—and produce the fiction. If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.”
― Mason Currey, Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work