Sophie Winkleman Quotes

I have to use all these programs that cut off the internet, force me to be bored, because being bored is an essential part of writing, and the internet has made it very hard to be bored.

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.

There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

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

I do a lot of writing on planes, actually. It's my time that I can just relax and have absolutely no distractions.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

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

I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

Although I've made notes for things and even written synopses sitting in trains or on park benches, for the complete composition of things I need absolute solitude, preferably an empty house.

I should be concentrating on writing pages.

When I wrote my novel, 'The Ministry of Special Cases,' I couldn't even brush my teeth. I had to write in isolation from everything else. I thought a play would take away from my fiction, but the more projects I work on, the more time I have.

When I write, I try to turn my Internet off so I can't procrastinate through the Internet, but then I just get deeply involved in whatever I have just on my computer.

If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.

Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis.

It's all discipline and schedule for me. I mean, it's very easy to get distracted by the real world and things that intrude constantly, and it takes dedication to live totally in your head and be tuned out.

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline when I write - but only for about ten minutes.