Aria Quote by Colm Toibin

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 never listen to music when I'm writing.

— Ben Fountain

I never listen to music when I write.

— Augusten Burroughs

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

— Stephen Greenblatt

I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

— John Edensor Littlewood

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

— Yanni

I listen to music. I particularly love Mozart.

— Martha Nussbaum

I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing…

— Antonio Damasio

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

— Mary Roach

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

— Katie Kitamura