Catie Curtis Quotes

I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

I need my time to be lonely.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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.

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

Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.

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

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.

In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

I'm really outgoing, but there's times I want to be by myself.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats.

I'm pretty introverted and I spend a lot of time in books, a lot of time thinking and by myself, because that's what I enjoy to recharge.

I like writing in total isolation like out in the woods somewhere.

When I am not acting or performing, I want to keep quiet and not to have a conversation.

I take alone time when I can.

I have a very busy life, and I love meeting people, but I also like to be alone.

I would say 20 percent of my time is alone, which I love.

I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded by people - but I actually do enjoy going out and doing things and being around people.