I find, like most people, it help to be listening to music. But unlike most, I find it also helps me write better when I'm cold and chewing gum. Although I can do without the gum.
before I write it helps me to go out for a walk with a good playlist of music, and then when it comes down to writing it's better I do it in complete silence and alone. If I do have any music on it's probably Asfandyar Khan. I like being able to see outside my window.
you laugh like a banshee gesticulate your delirium
It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind