Tom Stoppard Quotes

Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.

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.

Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything.

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

My writing life has included the struggle to bring up three children. What I do three or four times a year is take myself off to a hotel room to unblock a problem.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

I meditate. Meditation helps me.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature.

You feel good if you've done hard work. You sleep better. You get stuck in your head if you have too much time to think.

If you don't have to worry about socializing because you don't like it, you can more fully immerse yourself in climbing.

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.

When you first get sober, you feel like a superhero. You feel real emotion because you've been suppressing it forever. It's so much easier to navigate what's important.

I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

I want to create a life that is just healthy and peaceful - an enclave, really, of retreat. It's not helpful for the big picture. It's totally selfish to run away like that.

I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

When I'm not worrying about what other people want, that's when I do the best work.

Meditation has really done wonders for me personally and artistically.

What's going on in my life, I never bring it to the basketball court.