Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

When you're concentrating hard, hours can fly by, and it's just you and a math problem.

I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all.

I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.

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.

In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I'm in my work, I don't notice where I am.

I like working in silence.

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatever then they get all distracted, but I pretty much lock in. You can't distract me too much.

When I work on stories, I tend to lose sight of everything else. I forget to pay bills or to shave. I don't change my clothes as often as I should.

Sometimes you fixate on something so much that everything else fades away.

I've been so in the zone, you don't know where you are or where you're at.

I don't get distracted easily. I'm very focused.

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

[When working on a book] I have an almost complete detachment from the world I live in, a sort of armor against distraction. I talk to people, move about, appear on the surface much as usual. But later on I have only a confused memory of what has happened during that period.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

I write slowly and get distracted a lot.

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

The worst thing you can think about when you're working is yourself.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.