--- title: "31 Stream Consciousness Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 31 Stream Consciousness quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Stream Consciousness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/robert-lanza-14245_break_death-is-simply-a-break-in-our-linear-st_2923683.png" --- > [Death is simply a break in our linear stream of consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/death-is-simply-a-break-in-our-linear-stream-of-consciousness/) [Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/robert-lanza-14245_break_death-is-simply-a-break-in-our-linear-st_2923683.png) > [“Salmon swim against my stream of consciousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/salmon-swim-against-my-stream-of-consciousness/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/jarod-kintz-2_salmon_salmon-swim-against-my-stream-of-conscio_2697227.jpg) > [There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/there-s-a-fine-line-between-a-stream-of-consciousness-and-a-babbling/) [Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/dan-harmon-7587_babbling_there-s-a-fine-line-between-a-stream-of_3146409.jpg) > [When I write, I usually follow my most inner voice, sometimes called stream of consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lidija-dimkovska/when-i-write-i-usually-follow-my-most-inner-voice-sometimes-called/) [Lidija Dimkovska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lidija-dimkovska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/lidija-dimkovska-48774_consciousness_when-i-write-i-usually-follow-my-most-in_1323027.jpg) > [Effective stream-of-consciousness narration is the product of verbal precision, not just of literal documentation. It is decidedly not a matter of unedited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-murray/effective-stream-of-consciousness-narration-is-the-product-of-verbal/) [Albert Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/albert-murray-37953_documentation_effective-stream-of-consciousness-narrat_2444335.jpg) > [When people use that stream of consciousness, it's kind of just a term they use for anything that looks slightly different on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/when-people-use-that-stream-of-consciousness-it-s-kind-of-just-a-term/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/zadie-smith-584_consciousness_when-people-use-that-stream-of-conscious_1275839.png) > [Life is a continual flow of events, streaming in from the universal stream of consciousness in such a way that it exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/life-is-a-continual-flow-of-events-streaming-in-from-the-universal/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/neale-donald-walsch-239_consciousness_life-is-a-continual-flow-of-events-strea_1880218.png) > [“Be like a tree standing planted by a dead river bed, until you transform into the confidence of your own stream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-tyrone-jones/be-like-a-tree-standing-planted-by-a-dead-river-bed-until-you/) [Curtis Tyrone Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-tyrone-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/curtis-tyrone-jones-7213_buddha_be-like-a-tree-standing-planted-by-a-dea_658920.jpg) > [“Our brain continuously processes inputs and generates outputs while our stream of consciousness is more like an after-the-fact commentary29.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erman-misirlisoy/our-brain-continuously-processes-inputs-and-generates-outputs-while/) [Erman Misirlisoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erman-misirlisoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/erman-misirlisoy-71337_brain_our-brain-continuously-processes-inputs_635866.jpg) > [I work a lot with sounds based on stream of consciousness. I like the way it sounds, then I turn it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-van-etten/i-work-a-lot-with-sounds-based-on-stream-of-consciousness-i-like-the/) [Sharon Van Etten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-van-etten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/sharon-van-etten-3210_consciousness_i-work-a-lot-with-sounds-based-on-stream_101153.png) > [We can be more or less conscious when you create grades of focus on a subject that is flowing in our stream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-damasio/we-can-be-more-or-less-conscious-when-you-create-grades-of-focus-on-a/) [Antonio Damasio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-damasio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/antonio-damasio-9144_conscious_we-can-be-more-or-less-conscious-when-yo_2877819.png) > [Most of my bits are long stream-of-consciousness- type things, and when I'm doing them onstage, other places to take the theme or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-rogan/most-of-my-bits-are-long-stream-of-consciousness-type-things-and-when/) [Joe Rogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-rogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/joe-rogan-1952_bits_most-of-my-bits-are-long-stream-of-consc_3020631.jpg) > [“Buddhists say that thoughts are like drops of water on the brain; when you reinforce the same thought, it will etch a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-doughty/buddhists-say-that-thoughts-are-like-drops-of-water-on-the-brain-when/) [Caitlin Doughty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-doughty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/caitlin-doughty-12025_buddhism_buddhists-say-that-thoughts-are-like-dro_1591772.jpg) > [I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-use-a-stream-of-consciousness-approach-if-you-don-t-censor-yourself/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/david-byrne-1206_about_i-use-a-stream-of-consciousness-approach_2009960.jpg) > [“Our minds are truly the one place where no one else can follow us. Even if we try, if we constantly express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-h-aceves/our-minds-are-truly-the-one-place-where-no-one-else-can-follow-us/) [Aaron H. Aceves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-h-aceves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/aaron-h-aceves-215834_anxiety_our-minds-are-truly-the-one-place-where_1625289.jpg) > [“Within your mind, there are hardly any lines at all. All its contents flow into each other, sensations becoming thoughts, feelings, desires,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-hanson/within-your-mind-there-are-hardly-any-lines-at-all-all-its-contents/) [Rick Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-hanson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/rick-hanson-10793_happiness_within-your-mind-there-are-hardly-any-li_1302163.jpg) > [For the most part I write very stream of consciousness. I basically need to be recording an entire writing session because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/for-the-most-part-i-write-very-stream-of-consciousness-i-basically/) [Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/beth-moore-212_black_for-the-most-part-i-write-very-stream-of_1090739.png) > [When I edit the poems - and I do edit, which some people don't mean when they use the term "stream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-zucker/when-i-edit-the-poems-and-i-do-edit-which-some-people-don-t-mean-when/) [Rachel Zucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-zucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/rachel-zucker-17810_accuracy_when-i-edit-the-poems-and-i-do-edit-whic_868328.jpg) > [As we take, in fact, a general view of the wonderful stream of our consciousness, what strikes us first is this different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/as-we-take-in-fact-a-general-view-of-the-wonderful-stream-of-our/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/william-james-228_bird_as-we-take-in-fact-a-general-view-of-the_366103.jpg) > [I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was going through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-joffe/i-think-that-will-be-a-lot-of-fun-for-audiences-to-get-the-same/) [Roland Joffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-joffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/roland-joffe-20044_audience_i-think-that-will-be-a-lot-of-fun-for-au_2205884.jpg) > [“Buddhists say that thoughts are like drops of water on the brain; when you reinforce the same thought, it will etch a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-doughty/buddhists-say-that-thoughts-are-like-drops-of-water-on-the-brain-when-2/) [Caitlin Doughty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-doughty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/caitlin-doughty-12025_buddhism_buddhists-say-that-thoughts-are-like-dro_1715758.jpg) > [Consciousness... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/consciousness-does-not-appear-to-itself-chopped-up-in-bits-such-words/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/william-james-228_bits_consciousness-does-not-appear-to-itself_766254.jpg) > [I love to do the stream-of-consciousness thing, because it's exciting for me, and I like to think it's exciting for the audience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-f-tompkins/i-love-to-do-the-stream-of-consciousness-thing-because-it-s-exciting/) [Paul F. Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-f-tompkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/paul-f-tompkins-3121_audience_i-love-to-do-the-stream-of-consciousness_69845.jpg) > [“People’s thoughts tend to trail behind them, a stream of consciousness flowing like a river. Or a drippy faucet. It depends on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-karyus-quinn/people-s-thoughts-tend-to-trail-behind-them-a-stream-of-consciousness/) [Kate Karyus Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-karyus-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/kate-karyus-quinn-29434_stream-of-consciousn_people-s-thoughts-tend-to-trail-behind-t_3108179.jpg) > [Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-zimmer/donald-trump-speaks-extemporaneously-often-through-stream-of/) [Ben Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-zimmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/ben-zimmer-47215_consciousness_donald-trump-speaks-extemporaneously-oft_2778302.jpg) > [Usually when I'm writing, I kind of know what it is before I start writing and I write stream of consciousness style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/usually-when-i-m-writing-i-kind-of-know-what-it-is-before-i-start/) [Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/billy-bob-thornton-2003_consciousness_usually-when-i-m-writing-i-kind-of-know_2755689.jpg) > [My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-pym/my-thoughts-went-round-and-round-and-it-occurred-to-me-that-if-i-ever/) [Barbara Pym](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-pym/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/barbara-pym-7049_books_my-thoughts-went-round-and-round-and-it_923657.jpg) > [“When you’re a cork in someone else’s stream of consciousness, all you can do is spin and bob in the eddies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/when-you-re-a-cork-in-someone-else-s-stream-of-consciousness-all-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/terry-pratchett-19_stream-of-consciousn_when-you-re-a-cork-in-someone-else-s-str_969087.jpg) > [I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-holter/i-basically-just-write-stream-of-consciousness-to-a-certain-extent-i/) [Julia Holter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-holter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/julia-holter-7627_consciousness_i-basically-just-write-stream-of-conscio_1440731.jpg) > [Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-holt/suppose-you-turn-your-attention-inward-in-search-of-this-i-you-may/) [Jim Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-holt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/jim-holt-34702_attention_suppose-you-turn-your-attention-inward-i_2571676.jpg) > [Once I learned how to talk, personally, by myself to any number of people, which means do radio without talking to anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-maron/once-i-learned-how-to-talk-personally-by-myself-to-any-number-of/) [Marc Maron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-maron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/marc-maron-2459_air_once-i-learned-how-to-talk-personally-by_2124228.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stream-consciousness/#itemlist", "name": "Stream Consciousness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ 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