Taylor Goldsmith Quotes

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

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter.

I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.

I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.

I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.

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

I love the solitary, romantic idea of writing.

But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.