Quotes About Solitude

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

It's very precious to me and really important I have that space that's personal and just to me.

When you usually think of dessert for one, its something microwaved in a mug or a precious, portioned miniature.

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

I still prefer horses to human beings.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.

I work when I'm alone, but I have children and a family and a job, so alone time is at a premium.

I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.

At 2, I start preparing fish or chicken for dinner. I don't drive. I don't have hobbies. I have no desire to travel.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.

On stage, I am in the dark.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

See you in the darkness.

I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you.

Well working by yourself, especially when no one knows about it, is totally liberating because it's very impulse-driven. You work when you want to work. You work when you can work. No deadlines. No conversation. No compromise. No help.

They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world.

I was eating beans by candle light for a decade.

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.

I have one room dedicated to just meditation.