"I get up in good time every morning and usually work till twelve. After lunch, usually, I get to my writing table at 2:30 and remain there till 5:30, but after the morning hours I don't do any more writing, unless it is urgently necessary; rather, I read or study. In the evening, after supper, I enjoy conversation with my small family, read the headlines and article titles in some paper or other; then to bed."

Pirandello's routine is almost exactly that of Arthur Schopenhauer with the exception that Schopenhauer went to the theater at night whereas for Pirandello, "I very rarely go to the theater."