--- title: "1 Turn Attention Quotes By Brad Listi" description: "1 Turn Attention quotes by Brad Listi. Plus more from Brad Listi and more Turn Attention sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/brad-listi-34756_attention_once-i-get-my-writing-done-then-i-can-tu_124735.png" --- > [Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/once-i-get-my-writing-done-then-i-can-turn-my-attention-elsewhere-and/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/brad-listi-34756_attention_once-i-get-my-writing-done-then-i-can-tu_124735.png) ## More by Brad Listi > [Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/once-i-get-my-writing-done-then-i-can-turn-my-attention-elsewhere-and/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/oftentimes-if-a-writer-really-gets-her-hooks-into-me-i-ll-want-to/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don't mind the idea of writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-usually-work-seven-days-a-week-and-rarely-take-vacations-which-is/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-feel-like-it-s-a-good-time-to-be-a-writer-i-m-terminally-optimistic/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [Getting tired of sitting, staring at my computer screen, day after day, where everyone is two-dimensional, reduced to an avatar photo, status updates, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/getting-tired-of-sitting-staring-at-my-computer-screen-day-after-day/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-m-a-radio-nerd-i-ve-loved-radio-since-i-was-a-kid-i-m-a-huge-howard/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-have-way-too-much-going-on-as-usual-but-fortunately-it-s-all-good/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/to-do-my-job-well-i-have-to-be-a-good-listener-the-listening-is-so/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-can-think-of-plenty-of-writers-whose-work-i-revere-and-whose-lives/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/for-writers-so-much-is-done-in-isolation-it-can-be-easy-to-feel/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/david-cristofanos-debut-novel-captures-the-essence-of-the-human/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/i-can-only-imagine-the-quiet-horror-that-people-must-endure-when-they/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/people-love-honesty-honesty-is-medicinal-i-think-it-makes-people-feel/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) > [The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-listi/the-modern-media-environment-is-so-overrun-with-bullshit-and-static/) [Brad Listi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-listi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/turn-attention/brad-listi/#itemlist", "name": "1 Turn Attention Quotes By Brad Listi", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. 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