Kate Braverman Quotes

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

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

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 kind of lived in my own world.

Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.

Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.

There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.

All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches of other people.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

I don't like being left to my own thoughts.

I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring.

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.

The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain.

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

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

I was never less alone than when by myself.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

I enjoy my time alone.

Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.

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

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

I don't really feel comfortable anywhere except when I'm working alone at home. It's exhausting to be out around people.

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.