Antonio Tabucchi Quotes

Falling asleep is like landing a plane. It takes time. You've got to sort of gradually descend. I think one of the problems with insufficient sleep is people are not very good at predicting how poorly they are doing when they are under-slept.

I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.

It is tempting to think of this form of insomnia, the inability to fall asleep, as a disease of agency and control: the inability to relinquish high self-reflexive consciousness for the vulnerable, ignorant regions of slumber in which we know not what we do.

I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

I've learned to live without sleep.

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

I can't even sleep in. My body won't let me.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

The condition of sleep is profoundly contradictory. It is a precious good... but it is a good like none other, because to obtain it, one must seemingly give up the imperative to have it.

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw all the different stages.

Unfortunately, I suffer from insomnia, so my bedtime is as soon as I start to feel the least bit sleepy.

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.

My sister could fall asleep at the drop of a hat. She would fall asleep on the train. Me, I never slept. Still. I have a hard time sleeping. But I used to admire her ability to wake up late.

I am an insomniac.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.

I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.

No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.

I would sleep 12 hours a day if I could.

I don't need much sleep.

His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.

I can sleep anywhere. I can fall asleep standing up, literally anywhere.

I'm lucky, I guess. I only really need five or so hours of sleep.

I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.