“The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falli...” — Matthew Walker Quote

The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falling asleep. The slightly more nefarious aspect of caffeine is that maybe you can fall asleep, but we know that the depth of deep sleep you're getting if caffeine is still in your system is severely less.

If sleep does not provide a remarkable set of benefits, then it's the biggest mistake the evolutionary process has ever made.

I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.

I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical activity and diet, but sleep has remained out there in the cold, and that's surprising to me.

If I had it my way, I would be asleep by 11:15 P.M. every single night.

When we fall asleep, we withdraw our awareness from its hypnotic fascination with physical sensation, thereby enabling us to listen with our now awakening sixth sense.

I'm up at dawn. I practically fall asleep at dinner.

Someone who's awake in the middle of the night is a soul consciousness when everyone else is asleep, and that creates a feeling of solitude in poetry that I very much like.

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.