Steve Martin Quotes

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

There are worse places to be than on your own.

Solitude is un-American.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

Solitude is independence.

I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.

We are all in this together, by ourselves.

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

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

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.

I liked to be in my own company, so when I came home from school, I'd just go up to my room and hang out by myself. I wouldn't really have friends over or go to see friends much.

I've lived so deep under masks, my interior was built to satisfy me alone - I have lived almost 60 years alone, mentally, and quite content to have it so.

I am essentially a loner.

I've never been a social person.