Orson Welles Quotes

People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.

I really do work in solitude.

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

I love to be a hermit.

I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and don't want to go to a party. I just want to stay home and read my murder mysteries and try to write and cook dinner.

By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.

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 know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.

I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help.

Hermits have no peer pressure.

I wouldn't say I'm that social... I'm either sailing my boat by myself or living in some small place.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

I'm quite a hermit.

I'm a bit of a loner.

I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.

Solitude is un-American.

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

As much I can stay away from people, I remain happy.

I've always been kind of a loner. Continue to be.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

Because I was an only child, I don't like many people around, and that's why I don't have any servants.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.

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