Robert Wilson Quotes

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

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.

I'm pretty introverted and I spend a lot of time in books, a lot of time thinking and by myself, because that's what I enjoy to recharge.

When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.

For me, I definitely like quiet; I like to write alone.

One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

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

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that.

I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.

I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I'm all alone where I'm not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I'm dead in the water.

I'm quiet and introverted, and I like to just be by myself a lot. I like to read and just get away and surf. I have a lot of alone time.

I get up early. I like to read a little before anyone but the dog is up. I also like to read at night, not in bed but just before I go to bed.

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.

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

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

One of my favorite things to do is go running early in the morning when everyone in my house is still sleeping. I throw on my iPod, and it's, like, my time.

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

I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.

I enjoy my time alone.