Sarah Paulson Quotes

My sister is older than me and would often go off, so I grew up alone in a sense. I had to amuse myself and developed a wonderful fantasy world and quite happily lived in it. I think, in adulthood, that helped me. I love pottering on my own.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.

Solitude is independence.

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

I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet.

I don't need anyone else, which is a great feeling, but also a depressing one.

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

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

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 was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination for company. I suppose I never wanted to let that part of me go.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

I'm blessed with a great memory. To be honest, a lot of times, being on my own at such a young age, my memories were all I had. I didn't have many pictures.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

Living by myself out in Malibu has been really good. I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole house to myself. The tough part comes when sometimes, you know, you get pretty lonely.

I don't belong to anyone.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.

I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.

Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.

I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot.

I don't want anybody guarding me. I want to be free; I want to be left alone... I would like to go out there and have no one know me, but at the same time, it would bother me, y'know.