Attention Quote by Srinivasa Ramanujan

The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night to find…

— Carolyn Chute

I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force…

— Larry Miller

I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from…

— Andy Behrman

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

— Henry David Thoreau

And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?

— Jeff Lindsay

When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms,…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have moments like that alot, when my brain falls asleep or something, and the next thing I know I've missed something, as if…

— Rick Riordan

I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in…

— Emil Ferris

Staring in the darkness, trying to sleep. My body was aching with tiredness. My limbs were numb. My sightless eyes were crazed with light/…

— Kevin Brooks

It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

— Robert Harris

I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like…

— Jewel

This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I could be…

— Philippe Petit