Quotes About Solitude

I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America.

My birthday is generally a very quiet affair.

From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

That's bizarre to see, L.A., downtown, and to feel like you're the only person there.

It's such a blessing having no family.

Home for me is my boat, really.

I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.

I miss Bob, but I don't want another marriage.

I feel it in my bones that if I had a kid, I would not either continue to write or have written the book I have done. So it's just me and the dog. I've always gotten along better with animals than I have with children, anyway.

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.

I just can't go to the mall. It bothers me that I can't be outside very often.

Nothing really bothers me. I'm too engrossed in my own world to care less.

Scrambling, when no one's around, getting down, getting out of bounds, taking a glancing blow, those are all fine. You can do that all day long.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul.

I just want to be on my own branch twittering.

Death Row is the same every day - breakfast at 3 A.M., lunch at 10 A.M., dinner at 3 P.M.

Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think.

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.

I live in a bubble.