Roz Chast Quotes

I am a terrible sleeper.

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

I am an insomniac.

I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night.

I'm an insomniac, so my perfect reader is probably another insomniac.

For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.

If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.

I have trouble sleeping maybe one night a year. On that special night, I get up and read on the couch until I fall asleep.

I don't sleep.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

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

I cannot go to sleep without reading.

I can fall asleep anywhere.

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.

I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.

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.

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.

I'm a bed monster.

Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or watch a movie, thank you. Productivity is a crutch of the weak.

I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

I have several close friends who are insomniacs. Over the years, I've heard their stories about being up in the middle of the night, completely awake. I see them yawn at 11 A.M. and know that, regardless of what they are doing, they'd probably rather be in bed sleeping. I've always had sympathy for them, but I've never really understood it.

I get this thing every once in a while that I call 'ESS:' emergency sleep situation. I'll get like lead, really fatigued, and I can't move.

I can't sleep when there's any light.