Kate Atkinson Quotes

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.

Sadly, I haven't had a brain cell since I had children.

New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

It's a weakness of mine to forget what it is I've just been talking about so that when people make witty allusions to it, I stare at them open-mouthed, not knowing what they're talking about.

The Lyme disease had so severely affected my brain functioning that it was extremely hard for me to think, form sentences, and stay focused.

Forgetting stuff is just human, especially when other things are on our minds.

I find that in the course of the day when I'm writing, after three or four hours of intense work, I have a splitting headache, and I have to stop. Because the involvement, which is both creative and self-critical, is so intense that I've got to stop doing it.

My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

I fear if I cannot think again, if my mind suddenly goes blank. It will be embarrassing.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

I never read. I've never read one book... I just can't do it. Something's wrong with me. I have what they call now is 'ADD,' like I'll read and all of a sudden I'll be thinking about shopping or... I'm not there. I drift off. I get crazy, so I don't even bother.

I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'

I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.

If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him.

I don't know what I have said. I have answered so many questions and I am so confused I don't know one thing from another. I am telling you just as nearly as I know.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.

God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

I tend to be really spacey, but I don't think it's because I'm unintelligent - it's just my imagination and a little bit of ADD.

I have a tough time turning my brain off, to be honest.