Affecting Quote by 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 - I find it distracting.

— Khaled Hosseini

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

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 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. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I…

— Gail Honeyman

I listen to music constantly while writing.

— Orson Scott Card

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

— Stephen Greenblatt

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

— Joanne Harris

Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few…

— Jimi Hendrix

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

— Ben Fountain