Quiet Spaces Quotes

I tell you this: I'm not an outdoorsman. Actually, one of my things is to pick a little corner in Borders or Barnes & Noble and fall back and just read.

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

The only two places where I can read for long stretches are in airplanes and in bed at nighttime.

I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents would drop me off and leave me there all day. I would just sit in the back and read whatever I could find.

To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap. With hi-tech giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft underlining the pitfalls of being 'always on,' firms are imposing speed limits on the information superhighway.

I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.