Anything Quote by Chang-Rae Lee

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

— Khaled Hosseini

I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.

— Yanni

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

When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.

— James Richardson

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

— Katie Kitamura

I just can't write and listen to music at the same time.

— Shane McCrae

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

— John Grisham

I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices…

— Billy Joel

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to…

— Cheryl Mendelson

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

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

— Stephen Greenblatt