John Burnside Quotes

I am an insomniac.

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

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. I have a notepad next to my bed.

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

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.

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 sometimes suffer from insomnia. And when I can't fall asleep, I play what I call the alphabet game.

I am a terrible sleeper.

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

I've learned to live without sleep.

People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it. What am I gonna do?

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

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

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

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.

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 never get enough sleep, even when I travel. I wake up in the middle of the night, either with the help of my kids or because my mind is going. I wish I got eight hours a night, but it is more like an interrupted six or seven. The secret is to go to sleep well before midnight.

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.

I became an insomniac, really, hardly slept at all, didn't even try to. And it's carried on. I hate to say I only need as much sleep as Mrs. Thatcher, but I can cope really well on five hours.

I'm a very light sleeper. I get about six hours a night.