Josh Gondelman Quotes

Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.

I was getting to bed about 10 P.M. so wound up and not getting to sleep by 11, and because I was putting the prosthetics on for five hours, I had to be up at 3 in the morning.

I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.

My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.

I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.

I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery.

The best part of being on your own is not really having to answer to anybody. Not that when you're in a relationship you should really have to answer to somebody then, either. Just the freedom of not checking in with someone all the time is nice.

Love comes in all different shapes and forms - from friendship and sisters and mums - and as I've got older, I've definitely learned that some of my happiest times have been when I've been on my own.

A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.

I love being on the road with others, with a camera, but also being alone writing poetry.

You can be with other people, which is ideal, or you can be alone.

Even though I get a lot done with my solitude, and I make the best use of it possible, I always think solitude is an interlude in a period of time, which is populated by others.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.

Solitude is very sad, Too much company twice as bad.

Sometimes I intentionally cut it off. I just want to be in silence, especially when I'm traveling. I watch movies without sound.

It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.

Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side.

I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.

I love having an open seat next to me on the train. What's even better is when my seat is open too because I just stayed home.