I got married for the wrong reasons. I was tired of being alone. I have to own that. It was me, not her.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.

A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.

The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.

The thought of being on my own really terrified me. But then I realized being alone is really a cleansing thing.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

I love playing music with people, but I also just love the art and meditation of being alone and working on stuff.

Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself.

To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

I think a large part of being human centers on the state of being alone, and we try to mitigate that in so many ways.

To film with our family is awesome - you have to hang out with each other, and I love that because I hate being alone.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don't like.

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.

On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.

I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

What makes loneliness an anguish Is not that I have no one to share my burden, But this: I have only my own burden to bear.

I only work once or twice a year for about a month, so I have a lot of free time. But I'm good at being alone, which helps.

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.

I like being alone. I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long.

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I realized... that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was doing.

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

I've never been worried about being alone and there is no pressure to get married, although I would love to do it one day with the right girl.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you: Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

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