Quotes About Solitude

I am more mature today, so I deal better with the mistakes than the many times when I locked myself away and wanted to be alone.

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.

I like to read a lot, man. I read a lot and meditate and just go to that place. I'm not really an outdoorsman. I don't watch TV.

I've been taking five minutes to sit by myself and meditate, and it's definitely something I'm going to continue doing.

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I don't mind going out to do my shows but I can still retreat back into my own private world, you know? And that is very key.

I can gabble on now, but I couldn't when I was a kid, so I spent a lot of time in my own head on the moors by myself. It felt like writing was the right way to express myself.

Getting up early means I can write for a few hours before anyone starts phoning me or ringing the doorbell.

I don't think I could live with anybody. I had roommates, and it's not for me. I like my space!

I play in a lot of empty rooms.

I like rural areas.

Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.

I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.

I had never felt so lonely and so sad in my entire life.

I feel alone and safe in public.

Home is your sanctuary.

I can't imagine anything worse than being just left alone, scared out of your mind.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

And as I have always said, the only thing more scary than knowing we are not alone in the universe is knowing we are alone in the universe.

At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.

When you do live abroad, you're basically searching for some kind of peace.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.