Active Quote by Billy Joel

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so…

— Vikram Seth

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

— Khaled Hosseini

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I listen to music constantly while writing.

— Orson Scott Card

I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.

— Katie Kitamura

I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost a way…

— Dan Chaon

I only write when listening to the music.

— Mod Sun

I've tried writing with music on, but I find it distracting.

— John Grisham

When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to…

— Erik Larson

I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I…

— Gail Honeyman

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

— Lincoln Child