Petina Gappah Quotes

I'm always late to bed - usually after midnight - but then I sleep for around ten hours.

I get about seven hours of sleep a night.

Since my body isn't big, I don't need much sleep. I'm fine with four hours.

Sleep has been provided by nature to do the body's healing work, and it takes seven or eight hours for this process to happen. Commit to getting at least seven to eight hours of good quality sleep every night to keep your body and hormones in balance.

I'm someone who needs more sleep than average, and I'm quite jealous of people who need only five or six hours and they're good to go.

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.

I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.

I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either.

I became an insomniac, really, hardly slept at all, didn't even try to. And it's carried on. I hate to say I only need as much sleep as Mrs. Thatcher, but I can cope really well on five hours.

I generally sleep about four hours.

I only sleep about four or five hours a night. I read all night long.

I'm not a big sleeper. It just feels like wasting time. If I wake up, and it's after 5 A.M., I stay up.

Back in the 1940s, people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight hours a night, and now, in the modern age, we're down to around 6.7, 6.8 hours a night.

Sleep is important; I try and get about 9 hours if I can at night, but I don't tend to nap during the day.

It's impossible for me to sleep late. I generally wake up around 9, 9:30. I wish I could get a solid nine hours; it's always around six.

I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep.

I'm always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time - they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours.

I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.

I believe I am blessed with the ability to fall asleep just about anytime, anywhere. I can sleep on a flight, on a couch, and even on a bus.

Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.

I don't need much sleep.

I think sleep is just the most important thing. I think most New Yorkers, especially, don't get enough sleep.

I'm lucky, I guess. I only really need five or so hours of sleep.

I'm a very light sleeper. I get about six hours a night.

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.