I didn't choose solitude.

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.

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.

We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by this idea of solitude.

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

I remember when I was a child... walking into the woods by myself and feeling the solitude around me build like electricity and pass through my body with a jolt that made my hair prickle.

Don't be a writer; it's a terrible way to live your life. There's nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don't expect anything from anybody.

I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people.

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

If you're constantly stimulated by being called away to the buzzing and the excitement of what's on your phone, solitude seems kind of scary.

I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you're just sitting there creating something from nothing, or a new story for characters you love and care about.

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.

Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.

Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.