Jen Lancaster Quotes

Everyone keeps asking me when I have time to rest. I'll tell you when: I get all my sleep on planes. If the flight is five hours, my nap is five hours! I'll sleep through the whole flight.

If you see someone on a plane with an eye mask, sleeping, that's probably me, because that's pretty much where I live.

I would hate to be on a plane every day.

I think there's something about traveling in airplanes all the time that's not the healthiest thing in the world for you.

I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival.

Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.

I have to travel for my work, so the idea of getting on planes depresses me. They give me frequent-flyer points, and I think, 'I don't want them, because I'm sick of flying!'

I've been abroad, I've been at home. I've even flown 10 hours away for an interview, so I've done a lot of miles. I should probably be an ambassador for British Airways.

Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.

I love doing radio, and I love doing stand-up, obviously. I'm good flying up to four hours, but anything past that, I want to kill myself.

A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip to the faraway places you've been, a decompression chamber between Here and There. Though a plane is not the ideal place really to think, to reassess or reevaluate things, it is a great place to have the illusion of doing so, and often the illusion will suffice.

There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'

My best advice for jet lag is to sleep as much as you can on a plane, no matter what time it is. Then, when you arrive at your destination, do some sort of physical activity.

If it's an international flight, I always like to wear a sheet mask.

Transatlantic flights are unflattering. Hairstyles flop. Makeup melts away. Faces shrivel or swell from dehydration, and contact lenses give way to spectacles.

I like flying to New York from London. It's like a day off for me. No phone or e-mails. Food, wine, iPod, movies, snoozing.

If you're on a night flight or are incredibly tired from jet lag, somehow a tiny bit of bronzer and self-tanner on your face, legs, and arms just makes you feel rejuvenated and refreshed.

When I fly, I always drink a ton of water - no alcohol - and limit my food intake, which makes me feel best when I land. Otherwise, my body reacts to salty food and alcohol by puffing up immediately.

Often, I do translatlantic overnight flights from New York, and when I land, I have to do my eyes - I feel weird without it.

I think flying is kind of an emotional experience.

Being tired isn't anything. What's important is the mind. The body being tired isn't important. You can get over the body being tired by resting for a half-hour or an hour. What's important is whether the mind is tired.

Usually I'm traveling for tennis, so the most important thing for me is to not get jet lag.

When I go to the U.S., the flights are long, and they do affect the body clock, but they are worth it.

We are constantly traveling from one place to another, dealing with hotels, time zones, jet lag and all those things.

I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends.