Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.
Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.
It's the same thing as a competitor with anything whether it be a play, an injury, a distraction. You just put it behind you, you take the situation for what it is and you control what you control and the people that do that the best are usually the more successful team, person, individual, what have you.
The difference between face-to-face conversation and any other medium of communication is simple: No distractions are permitted.
Whatever career you are in, you always have other distractions.
I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.
Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.
I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.
Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
Everyone's entitled to their opinion about my father. Some people think he's a distraction and takes some of my shine away, but, for me, that's not the case.
