Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading.

I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

For most of my childhood, even through college, there was a lot of feeling very alone. I loved TV, so when those very special episodes of anything came, or when certain characters reflected the world I lived in, I felt connected.

I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside with me, then we're good to go.

In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.

People love teen movies because everyone can relate.

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.

I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when you hear a song and you go, 'Oh, that song understands me,' that's an amazing feeling. I get it when I listen to the radio... That's a beautiful part of music.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.