Brandon Sanderson Quotes

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.

I feel better when I am not around people. When I am alone, alone, alone.

Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.

I prize the privilege of being alone.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

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

I always have been a private person. I like to be alone. When I was a little girl I used to listen to the radio and just be by myself.

I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.

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.

I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And I always say, 'No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that's a beautiful, beautiful thing.'

Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.

I need my time to be lonely.

One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.