Joel Sternfeld Quotes

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

Solitude is independence.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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

I'm pretty much a loner and I've lived under the radar.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded.

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

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

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

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

Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.

I really do work in solitude.

I'm a bit of a recluse, very fond of my own company.

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

I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.

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.

I just want to be left alone.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

Sometimes I want to bury myself in bed, and I don't want anyone to know anything about me, and I don't want anyone to judge me.

I love to be a hermit.

I can stay in my house for a week straight without seeing anyone.

On the top you are always lonely.