Retta Quotes

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type a question into Google and watch the question auto-fill. In that moment, we know someone else has asked that same question. The gift of realizing you're not alone is incredibly powerful.

Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.

I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.

I just really like people, and being a freelancer can be lonely during the day, when you're at home trying to write anything you can. 'Flight Of The Conchords' was so wonderful because I had a family for two years.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

I hate being alone. That's why I like being with my friends: we've got energy; we're social as hell.

I really, really need community.

When people are with me, who can say I am alone.

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

No. I didn't look at the last few scripts. I didn't want to read them because I'm a 'Breaking Bad' fan. I wanted to experience it with everyone.

It's a lot easier to find a friend on television than love.

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.

I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

I don't want to be alone my whole life. It is much more fun to share what you have than to have it to yourself. And it isn't like I don't have love in my life. I have a lot of friends who love me and who I love.

We are all in this together, by ourselves.

You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.

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.