Sayed Kashua Quotes

I cannot go to sleep without reading.

I don't have a night stand. If I read at night in bed or too close to sleep-time, I lie awake thinking in the dark for hours.

The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

For the first three years of his life, my son insisted on hearing 'Goodnight Moon' before bedtime. Like most babies, he was not a good sleeper by disposition - but reading seemed to help, and this book specifically became part of his whole wind-down ritual.

I have no trouble sleeping.

I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!

It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help.

I sometimes suffer from insomnia. And when I can't fall asleep, I play what I call the alphabet game.

If I want to go to sleep, click on a procedural, put me right out.

I've never had trouble sleeping in my life.

If you have insomnia, it's important to know you're not alone; there are millions of people also struggling with their sleep. Talk about what you're going through with others, including your doctor, and continue trying new things to help manage your insomnia.

Traditional methods for falling asleep work. Non-taxing, repetitive mental tasks have a lulling effect, and I built those patterns into 'Sleep'.

I try not to think before sleep otherwise it keeps me awake - I usually stick on an episode of The Golden Girls which makes me laugh and have nicer dreams - I highly recommend it!

I don't really sleep until gone midnight anyway. It takes me a while to calm down before my mind allows me to switch off.

You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.

I read an hour almost every night. It's part of falling asleep.

Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?" Nora: "No, thanks." Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.

I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

I have major sleeping problems. I'd rather be up thinking about things than actually sleeping.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.

I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night.

I can't sleep without the TV on. It doesn't matter where it is. I don't like silence. My ears ring from loud music.