Lianne La Havas Quotes

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

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.

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

I need complete silence when I write.

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.

I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me.

Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.

If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.

Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool of silence.

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.

I don't really listen to music when I work. I really have to focus on one thing at a time. I like a lot of quiet and peace when I'm working or when I'm thinking or when I'm reading.

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!

I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.

Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.

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.