You call it procrastination, I call it thinking.
– Aaron Sorkin

The story: 
In a talk about procrastination, Adam Grant shared this quote about procrastination. Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter behind “Steve Jobs” and “The West Wing,” was apparently known to put off writing until the last minute. When asked about it, he is said to have replied, “You call it procrastination, I call it thinking.”

The point:
Perhaps procrastination between deciding to do something, and actually doing it, gives us thinking space that helps everyday creativity.