Quotes About Solitude

Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country.

Believe me, I do not go to Delhi, I do not know anybody in Delhi.

I've looked inside myself, and I'm rather happy with what I found. I've discovered my depth, and I am not afraid to be alone in this world anymore.

When we read about reading, we get to share an experience that is usually kept private. Incisive descriptions of reading help us to understand what is going on when our eyes move across words on the page.

Yeruham's small. You walk five minutes, and you're in the desert.

I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.

There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

I always thought that people who live in the desert are a little crazy. It could be that the desert attracts that kind of person, or that after living there, you become that. It doesn't make much difference. But now I've done my 40 years in the desert.

I used to think that only people who were crazy were attracted to the desert, but once you've lived there, you become that way anyway.

If I was stuck on a deserted island, I would have guacamole.

Over the years, I've become accustomed to the quiet of that morning meal, a time when I devote myself completely to my faith.

The most real dialogue for me is when I am alone, writing.

I'm self-entertaining. My dialogue is with myself.

I'm very, very private; I don't enjoy talking about myself to strangers. Particularly strangers with tapes going.

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.

My father died when I was 9 years old. The miserable condition of my family at that time is beyond description. My family, solitary and without influence, became at once the target of much insult and abuse.

To make a movie about someone who is thinking and writing is scary. There's no big love story, no action, no drama. It's not an easy task.

To portray a singer who gets on stage at night, who is away from the limelight, is never an easy task.

I do old man things by default, just stay in the hotel room, eat oatmeal, and drink tea.

I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.

I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don't like having a lot of atmosphere around.

At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the '80s can be drowned out. For 45 minutes, anyway.

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.