Quiet Environment Quotes

My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch. Towns are too distracting.

Silence is a still noise.

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.

My house in Connecticut is very quiet, and when I'm trying to concentrate, I don't even allow the cat inside my second-floor study.

I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.

I'm such a solitary person that working on my own is perfect for me.

And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms of the disease at all, but of something quite different-of the want of fresh air, or of light, or of warmth, or of quiet, or of cleanliness, or of punctuality and care in the administration of diet, of each or of all of these.

there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

I don't listen to anything when I'm writing. I need total quiet, which is astounding, given that I spent years working for a newspaper and having to write features surrounded by ringing phones and people shouting.

Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.

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.

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.

Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet.

What better place to kill time than a library?

I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.

Generally, I can't really do much without music playing - even writing or thinking. Peace and quiet means putting on a song.

Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only two hours a day can write in the back of an open truck on the Interstate.

I like to keep my surroundings low-key. I don't need much around me. I'm easy don't need a lot of racket.

I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.