Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need activity around me that I'm forced to block out. It helps me focus.

Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain unconscious productivity vault in my mind.

Some writers like to work in other places like coffee shops, but I can't - I'd end up people-watching. And if I were at a bookstore, I'd be reading. Sometimes I have some music on, but usually I like it quiet.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.

I always listen to music while I draw.

The problem with too beautiful a view is that it's alright for the mulling stage. But for the writing stage, you want to be somewhere without a view, especially if it is very different from what you're writing.

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.

I literally cannot work without music.

There's no writer's block; there's only distraction.

In terms of, like, getting into a mindset, I use music all the time when I'm working.

It's annoying when you've got a guitar and you're working on music and then you have to go and do the shopping or someone calls your mobile and you get distracted or you have to go out and do something. So it's nice to just concentrate on it one hundred percent and give your all to it.