Distracted Quote by Saul Bellow

Writers have a reputation for being distracted. That's because writers are distracted. They are always tuned into that other voice, the one in their…

— Elizabeth Berg

Distraction is our habitual state. Not the distraction of the person who withdraws from the world in order to shut himself up in the…

— Octavio Paz

Distracted from distraction by distraction

— Anonymous

“We are distracted from distractions by distractions.”

— Jeffrey A. Barnes

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

— Julio Cortazar

“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”

— Graeme Roberts

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

— Edna O'Brien

“The moment you focus on distractions is the moment you loose track of your end result.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.

— Tim Ferriss

“Distractions provide us with some relief from thoughts”

— Noah Elkrief

“The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get on the…

— Ann Patchett

I think most writers would like a quiet space, complete isolation, in which they control their own time. Spaces of creativity in which there's…

— Wole Soyinka