William Styron Quotes

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

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.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia.

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.

What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.

Loneliness is equal to the radius of one's awareness.

The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things.

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.

Never having alone time is real tough on people.

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

I was really worried that sitting at home by myself in front of a computer was going to make me crazy.

I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.

I do become a recluse once in a while. It's so nice to just be at home and to not have to deal with the outside world.

One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to do. I couldn't see people, or go for a walk in the forest. All I had was my head and my books, and I thought a lot.

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

Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

As an only child lacking siblings and playmates, I was alone a great deal of the time. Much of this was spent reading virtually anything I could get my hands on.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.