Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
A good day of writing outweighs future uncertainties or hardships.
In plain terms
Even if tomorrow is bad, today's good work is enough.
What can you take from it?
Focus on present productivity to ignore future worries.

Where it applies

  • creative work
  • dealing with uncertainty
  • daily routine

Putting it to work

  • prioritizing daily progress

Questions to consider

  • What makes a day good for you?
  • How do you handle tomorrow's uncertainty?

Another view

Future crises may still interrupt work.

More from Neil Gaiman

  1. The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

    Permalink to quote #11
  2. You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice w…

    Permalink to quote #13
  3. Fuck, I won a Hugo!

    Permalink to quote #10

Related quotes

  1. Be calm and determined

    Koichi ToheiKoichi Tohei quote #14
  2. A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.

    John AdamsJohn Adams quote #60
  3. When you are solving a problem, don't worry. Now, after you have solved the problem, then that's the time to worry.

    Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman quote #81