Quotes About Solitude

I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.

It is dark now. The snow is deep blue and the ocean nearly black. It is time for some music.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

Of course, when one is faced with a canvas, one is no longer alone, and the sense of solitude diminishes. This can be an agreeable passage of time. In fact, solitude then becomes a kind of companion.

If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be on, performing.

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.

There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.

I'd like to have enough time and quiet To think about absolutely nothing, To not ever feel myself living, To only know myself in others' eyes, reflected.

You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.

I wanted to be with the men I admired rather than the Scottish Arts Council crowd, so I spent a lot of time in graveyards. You get less trouble from the dead.

Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run along the ruled line.

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.

I have very simple tastes really. I like to ride my bicycle and I like to spend time upstate where it's quiet and I can take time to think and dream about new projects and possibilities.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.

Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.