Demetri Martin Quotes

I have always had trouble paying attention. When I was supposed to be at work, I'd be doodling. But then when I was home, trying to draw, I would be working on math problems. I never end up doing exactly what I should be doing at at any given time.

I've got no attention span.

I have a short attention span. And when I'm in the middle of one thing, I'm then drawn to the next thing.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. Most people seem restless and bounce around too much to focus or even pay attention enough to themselves to figure out exactly what they really do love, as opposed to what the people that surround them are doing.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found.

I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

During my long study sessions in the library, I found myself watching YouTube videos during study breaks.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

I can't sit still for 10 minutes.

One of my personality defects, perhaps, is that I'm rather ADD, and I work on a bunch of things at once.

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.

I spent a lot of time staring at the clock in school, so I have that kind of personality.

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

I wish I were stronger in areas. Not so consumed or distracted.

I have a short attention span. I couldn't stay doing the same thing for 30 years.

I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.