Anne Lamott Quotes

I love silence. And one of the paradoxes about the way I live and also about my work is that definitely one of the reasons I went into music, and especially into composing is that I love setting up an environment where I can be by myself for long periods of time and have everything as quiet as possible, either to think about sound, or to think about ideas, or just to focus on things that are important to me.

Silence is best.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

I find music distracting - it takes me out of my head. What I love so much about skiing is the peacefulness.

I like silence.

At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.

I really love peace and quiet.

I like working in silence.

I work in silence.

Silence is the most powerful state.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

I just want silence... Jesus, it doesn't mean I don't like you. It just means right now, I like silence more.

Silence, nothing is better.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

I love silence.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

I need complete silence when I write.

We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

I don't really listen to music when I work. I really have to focus on one thing at a time. I like a lot of quiet and peace when I'm working or when I'm thinking or when I'm reading.

It was enough just to sit there without words.

I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me.

When I write I find a quiet place.

I like peace and solitude and silence.