Arthur Miller Quotes

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone.

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.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.

I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

Solitude is independence.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

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

I was never less alone than when by myself.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

All we ask is to be let alone.

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

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

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 don't belong to anyone.

I enjoy my time alone.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

I really do work in solitude.

I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to movies alone. Do not get me wrong, I like sharing my life with other people, but sometimes I really enjoy being as alone as possible.