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> [Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. If I'm listening to something I really love - I have to stop and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/sometimes-i-can-listen-to-music-sometimes-there-s-no-choice/)

[Paul Lisicky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lisicky/)

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## More by Paul Lisicky

> [I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-start-with-voice-maybe-a-sentence-that-sentence-might-embody-an/)

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> [I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-think-each-of-my-books-attempts-to-create-its-own-voice-so-i-m-not/)

[Paul Lisicky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lisicky/)

> [One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/one-way-to-be-aware-of-it-to-teach-to-yourself-is-simply-to-read-work/)

[Paul Lisicky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lisicky/)

> [I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the drafts were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-wanted-to-preserve-the-feeling-of-remembering-her-just-months-after/)

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> [Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/sometimes-i-can-listen-to-music-sometimes-there-s-no-choice/)

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> [Sometimes I need silence; sometimes I need voices around - but not too loud or distinctive. I guess it depends on the piece in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/sometimes-i-need-silence-sometimes-i-need-voices-around-but-not-too/)

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> [I think the most reliable way to teach it is through reading work aloud over and over. Many prose writers been encouraged to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-think-the-most-reliable-way-to-teach-it-is-through-reading-work/)

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> [I wanted to dissolve the boundary between the outside world and the world of the relationships. Those events, with exception of the Mt. Saint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-wanted-to-dissolve-the-boundary-between-the-outside-world-and-the/)

[Paul Lisicky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lisicky/)

> [“How then, in the time that followed, did I become someone I didn't know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/how-then-in-the-time-that-followed-did-i-become-someone-i-didn-t-know/)

[Paul Lisicky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lisicky/)

> [I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-think-my-methods-are-more-suggestive-than-assertive-check-out-those/)

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> [I talk about it a lot to my students. Musicality never came up in any of own writing education, and I can see why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lisicky/i-talk-about-it-a-lot-to-my-students-musicality-never-came-up-in-any/)

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