William Wordsworth Quotes

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it.

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

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

Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by its strongly marked prominence is the remarkable loneliness of man. He stands alone.

My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone.

I've always been attracted to themes of isolation in my work - in my independent work and my DC work.

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

I really do work in solitude.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

I've always kind of lived in my own world.

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

I think my becoming a writer had much to do with spending a chunk of each year sitting by myself out in a tent without radio, without newspapers, without a whole lot of people to interact with, without anybody having any sort of similar background to me.

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone.