article_snippet: We all find noise annoying –
article_snippet: French writer Marcel Proust was famous for wearing earplugs and lining French writer Marcel Proust bedroom with cork to block out the outside sound while French writer Marcel Proust worked.
article_snippet: And Franz Kafka once said 'I need solitude for my writing; not "like a hermit" - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.'
article_snippet: Darwin and write Anton Chekhov were also known to have complained about how Darwin and write Anton Chekhov found it difficult to filter out noise.
highlights_snippet: Charles Darwin among great minds who complained about too much noise .