Ellen Goodman Quotes

I've never had a roommate, even when I was growing up.

I've lived on my own since I was 18, and I really love living alone. That, to me, is just great.

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.

I live by myself. I come in the door, I can throw my stuff on the floor. I can leave the dishes.

My missus knows to leave me alone.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

Living by myself out in Malibu has been really good. I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole house to myself. The tough part comes when sometimes, you know, you get pretty lonely.

I don't think I could live with anybody. I had roommates, and it's not for me. I like my space!

I think female solitude is a mental condition as well as a physical state. You can be married and a spinster. I think spinster is an identity every woman can claim, if she will... I feel like a lot of women, or a lot of feminists, joke about taking to the sea or living alone in a cottage as this kind of fun freedom.

I've had somebody on the end of the phone, maybe, but I haven't been living with anyone or been in a proper relationship, and it's been really great. And now I'm completely on my own. I think I've grown up a lot.

People living alone get used to loneliness.

Living alone is good for privacy, bad for full-scale cooking and moving heavy furniture.

You don't realize how hard it is to live on your own. But there's no mom to do your laundry, and make you dinner and to do things for you, and you don't think about little things like buying paper towels and salt.

I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.

I liked roaming around by myself.

I just want to be on my own branch twittering.

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.

I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to movies alone. Do not get me wrong, I like sharing my life with other people, but sometimes I really enjoy being as alone as possible.

I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

Freedom of being alone is intoxicating.