Quotes About Solitude

Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.

If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it's restorative.

The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart.

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

While I've lived in cities for most of my adult life, I really prefer the quiet, boring, mundanity of the country. It's the best place for me to work, think, and invent.

I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.

I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book or work on your book.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

The favorite method of vice is to diss all responsibility be work or social, go off by myself, and enjoy a good steak and a great glass of wine. Oh yeah, and my kids are there too.

I get the feeling that sometimes the ideas work very well when you're doing them in the studio alone.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

I am holed up in a small village where I am doing my own work and it feels great. I have a small gallery and not many people find me, but I am happy being left alone and doing what I love.

A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material and process it, like talking to yourself.

I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me in the silence.

I really do work in solitude.

My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.

The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the public area... the performance of the work one creates.

Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.

Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.

I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

I like Italy. I was always at home there, it's a marvelous place to become invisible. Nobody bothers you and nobody is interested in you and I find that very good for work.

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor, you work alone, really.

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.