Dirk Benedict Quotes

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

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 had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.

Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.

You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer.

I am never less alone than when alone.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.

Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.

Writing is a lonely business.

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.