Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

I think I have some of my clearest thoughts when I'm out running.

I love to run. It's how I clear my head.

I love running. I've been running ever since middle school. In terms of clearing your head and restarting everything, I love running.

I've run 350 days a year for 20-plus years, and never once have I listened to music. It's a time for me to think, listen to natural sounds, be outside.

The great thing about running is that you can get away to your own thoughts and get in a little bubble.

I like to go out on my bike. That's when I do my thinking. Two or three hours on the roads - that's when you get time, and you can think without problems.

Running is something you can do and be alone in your thoughts, and I like that. Maybe I've been a runner my whole life.

I don't listen to music when I run; I like the quiet. It gives me time to think about my family, our businesses, the farm - there's not much I don't think about, to be honest.

I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so it's like this terrific double bill.

Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be.

Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all. When it's pouring rain and you're bowling along through the wet, there's satisfaction in knowing you're out there and the others aren't.

Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught.

A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.

Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.

I like to run.

I run hills anytime I really have to think.

The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.

Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

When I run, I think about everything: physics, family problems, plans for the weekend. I haven't made any big discoveries on a run, but it does give me time to think through problems. Some solutions are obvious, but they are only obvious when you are relaxed enough to find them.

I'm not a huge gym person, so I try to stay away from the gym. But I love to run on the beach or go for a walk. It's better than riding a stationary bike.