Patina Miller Quotes

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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

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

I need my time to be lonely.

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats.

I don't know when I'll ever get a chance to be all alone in a film.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

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

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.

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

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

Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.

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.

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.