Harry Mathews Quotes

All we ask is to be let alone.

I always sleep on my own. I can't sleep with somebody else. Always separate bedrooms, bathrooms and closets. I'm very individual and I want my own space.

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

People should just let me be.

I like my space.

I'd rather be left to my own private life as much as be possible.

My library is my kingdom, and here I try to make my rule absolute-shutting off this single nook from wife, daughter and society. Elsewhere I have only a verbal authority, and vague. Unhappy is the man, in my opinion, who has no spot at home where he can be at home to himself-to court himself and hide away.

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

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 just love my privacy.

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

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

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

I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.

I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.

I don't hide. I never have. I stay at home because I like to stay at home, and at home I work.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

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.

I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

I like to be left alone when I'm not working.