Donald Driver Quotes

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing.

I can write anywhere that's quiet. I have a study in my apartment, but I often work in the kitchen of a house that we rent in the country.

My house in Connecticut is very quiet, and when I'm trying to concentrate, I don't even allow the cat inside my second-floor study.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

I prefer the night to the day and always stay up very late. Darkness is more peaceful, and I don't like sunshine - it hurts my eyes. When I used to live in more communal circumstances, I had to wait until everyone had gone to bed before I had the peace to write, and I still find I can get on with my writing much better at night.

I love to stay at home and write.

I've tried everywhere, but my garden shed is the most effective place to write.

I've always written at night - my working day for years was around 9pm to 2am - though I do keep more regular hours these days.

I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.

I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

I like to write at home a lot.

I like working in silence.

Worst part of being a writer: having to tell my toddler that I can't play with her because I'm working. Keep in mind that working consists of me at home with a laptop on my lap sitting on the couch. It doesn't look like working. I don't have a hammer or anything.

I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.

The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written.

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.

There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy silence in Italy. Second, I like cold weather. Third, in Italy I have too many relatives and know too many people, so I never get a quiet time.

And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me.

I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.

I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.