Tom Hodgkinson Quotes

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view.

By all means use some time to be alone.

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.

I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.

I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.

In quiet moments, I love to read.

I'm off to sit on a cliff.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

I like to have quiet evenings and relax.

I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.

I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.

God, I love daydreaming out plane windows.

I have a Manhattan club chair in dark espresso leather that I always read in. It's a place where I can contemplate other people's thoughts and stir my imagination.

I really like to have a moment alone at the house, either in the morning or when I come home from work, when I can just zone out at my computer, relax, stare out the window, get into a 'Game of Thrones' episode, go up on my roof, whatever, then go out to dinner.

I like to read a lot, man. I read a lot and meditate and just go to that place. I'm not really an outdoorsman. I don't watch TV.

I like to walk around Central Park and take in the vibe, have a picnic if the weather is good, and people-watch.