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I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

I don't listen to anything when I'm writing. I need total quiet, which is astounding, given that I spent years working for a newspaper and having to write features surrounded by ringing phones and people shouting.

I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.

I need complete silence when I write.

I never listen to music when I write.

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

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