Dave Eggers Quotes

I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once.

My mind is always racing.

He had more on his mind than his mind could hold.

MIA stands for 'missing in action,' which is the way others can experience you when you're too busy multi-tasking, being pulled at by the world and by everything that's going on in your head, and, essentially, when you're too busy being busy.

What are you thinking? Nothing. I mean...a lot of things. Kind of all at once.

My brain kind of rolls pretty fast when I'm conscious. It's constantly looking for stuff to do. Like if I'm in my house and I'm hanging out, I tend to be listening to music whilst watching a film whilst sending e-mails.

People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.

I overthink a lot of things.

My attention span is all over the place, and I overthink things. I'm an insomniac.

New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.

The military can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.

You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?

I overthink everything.

I can't do too many things at one time.

I like to stay busy. I have a lot of things on my mind.

Juggling too many things can disturb the balance and throw your personal or professional life off track.

I literally get one hundred calls a day. I can't get anything done, but I'm happy about it.

I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I felt pulled in all directions, fighting to keep all these obligations circling in the air above me. It was only a matter of time before something fell.

Your mind's always juggling, isn't it?-mirrors, torches, plates.

My mind is always racing with ideas or things I should be doing.

I'm drowning in papers.

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.