Lisa Jewell Quotes

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

I still bite my nails.

I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life.

On a day I start, I have a turkey sandwich for lunch. I don't consider it a ritual, but I'm anxious on those days.

[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

I fidget and change my outfit a lot. It's really a way of keeping myself comfortable.

When I am stressed I pluck my beard, leaving bald patches.

I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold onto.

Whenever you drop something by fight, it is never dropped. You can drop smoking by fighting, and then you will start doing something else which will become a substitute. You may start chewing gum, it is the same; You may start chewing pan, it is the same, there is no difference. You need something to do with your mouth - smoking, chewing, anything. When your mouth goes on working, you feel at ease because through the mouth tensions are released. So whenever a man feels tense he starts smoking.

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict. It is the need to escape from a harsh reality.

I get a headache if I don't have a woman every day.

It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what I was saying... it was so bad. If I just talk myself through something, even if it's just talking about nothing, it usually gets me out of it.

I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.

My most annoying habit is laughing all the time. I can't stop giggling. I do it because I'm nervous.

I love coffee, but I have to make sure I don't have more than one cup a day because I'm already a little hyper.

In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.

It's addicting, beating the heck out of people and eating hot dogs and making people smile. I do feel like garbage afterwards, but so what? Most people feel like garbage after a long day of work.

I've got an addictive personality.

I've got an addiction to this game. An addiction to being perfect.

I bite my nails.

I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write.

I'd go into the pub and start crying even before I'd had my first drink.

I know for me, music was the best drug for anxiety. So that's why I wanted to write the music that I do, because it always suits my anxiety. It's a huge part of my life, and being able to make music that can help people with their anxiety is a huge thing for me.

I'm such an addictive personality that I can say yes or no.