Erik Larson Quotes

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

I always have pen and paper with me.

I would probably lose my mind if I wasn't busy. There's only so many video games I can play.

I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored.

I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it.

Most of 'All Hail West Texas' was written during orientation at a new job I had. I had basically worked this job before, I knew this stuff, so I was writing lyrics in the margins of all the Xeroxed material.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.

Getting bored is not allowed.

I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.

I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.

I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.

I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.

I get very antsy when I'm not occupied.

The notepad is open and the hand is writing.

I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much.

The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I'm writing is to munch my way through boxes of chocolates.

I always have a good pen with me.

I say I want a break, but every time I have some down time, I don't know what to do with myself. I need to be doing something.

Keeping busy keeps me sane.

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.

Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment's notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.

If you are stuck on a problem, go for a walk and think about something else for a little bit. Going for a walk is very helpful for a writer because if you are staring at a blank page of a computer screen there is all this pressure.