I actually don't sleep much; I only need about four hours a night.
My name is Matthew Walker, I am a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and I am the author of the book 'Why We Sleep.'
I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.
I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical activity and diet, but sleep has remained out there in the cold, and that's surprising to me.
Since my body isn't big, I don't need much sleep. I'm fine with four hours.
Sleep has been provided by nature to do the body's healing work, and it takes seven or eight hours for this process to happen. Commit to getting at least seven to eight hours of good quality sleep every night to keep your body and hormones in balance.
I know that I need a lot of sleep, and while I'm filming, I probably won't get it.
Back in the 1940s, people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight hours a night, and now, in the modern age, we're down to around 6.7, 6.8 hours a night.
I think sleep is just the most important thing. I think most New Yorkers, especially, don't get enough sleep.
I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says 'I wish I slept more.'
I get about seven hours of sleep a night.
I get asked all the time how much sleep I get. That's what happens when you write a book called 'The Sleep Revolution,' travel around the world talking about it, and found a company committed to ending our global burnout crisis.
I'm not a big sleeper. It just feels like wasting time. If I wake up, and it's after 5 A.M., I stay up.
The most important thing is sleep. My mom can survive on four hours of sleep; I cannot. I need a solid eight.
