Sebastian Faulks Quotes

When I read books it's to escape. It's so I don't have to talk to people.

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.

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

I've always kind of lived in my own world.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words.

I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say.

If I'm not working, I have a habit of becoming rather insular.

I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.

I spend an awful lot of time by myself and enjoy that.

I'd rather be by myself, really, than have, like, a million posse around me.

I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.

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've always felt happy in my own company. It's only when I get around other people that things get sticky.

I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being.

I really do work in solitude.

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.

I've been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company.

I don't think I've ever been lonely in my entire life. I love to shut my front door and be on my own.