Nina Conti Quotes

I consider a day without running a crappy day. When I don't get to run, I am a grump, but some days my schedule just doesn't allow me to.

Some of the best writing I've done, whether I'm shooting a story or thinking of a script, I write it in my head as I'm running. Running literally jogs my brain.

Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.

Dance keeps me going, and it gives me the energy to remain active in cinema.

You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move, to fire up that entire energy-producing, oxygen-delivering, bone-strengthening process we call running.

I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly.

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.

I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

I can't imagine living and not running.

I have to just get up early and make sure I run. I'll do 40 minutes, four miles. It's not easy, but it clears my head.

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

I take my dog, Fideo, out for a hike in Runyon Canyon three times a week. It's about 45 minutes round-trip with a variation of super steep hills and flat areas. He's always running ahead, which helps me push myself, especially up the hills.

I walk every day with my dogs and force myself to run a bit but I hate it.

I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.

I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.

I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.