“I wake up angry every morning and start reading. Then I'm furious.”
As quoted in Astor, D. (1999). The state of editorial cartooning eyed at Iowa City symposium. Editor & Publisher, 132(43): 35.
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“I go to bed angry and I get up angrier every morning.”
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer
1990 interview, as quoted in The New York Times (28 June 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/28/us/ap-us-obit-harlan-ellison.html
Bill Bailey (1965) English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
Tinselworm (2008)
James Cameron (1954) Canadian film director
Jack
Titanic (1997)
Context: I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.
“Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
A rare interview with Tolkien (1966) — "Tolkien's shire" by John Ezard, The Guardian (28 December 1991) http://www.theguardian.com/books/1991/dec/28/jrrtolkien.classics
“I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.”
Rick Riordan (1964) American writer
Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“You wake me up early in the morning to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm wrong.”
John Von Neumann (1903–1957) Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath
As quoted by Jacob Bronowski in The Ascent of Man TV series
Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer
Context: Years later, when "Dilbert" was in thousands of newspapers, people often asked me if I ever imagined being so lucky. I usually said no, because that's the answer people expected. The truth is that I imagined every bit of good fortune that has come my way. But in my imagination I also invented a belt that would allow me to fly and had special permission from Congress to urinate like a bird wherever I wanted. I wake up every morning disappointed that I have to wear pants and walk. Imagination has a way of breeding disappointment.