Notes from the underground Quotes by Michael Finkel

I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally.

— Michael Finkel

“He has seen the bottomless nonsense of our world and has decided, like most of us, to simply try to tolerate it. He appears…

— Michael Finkel

America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances.

— Michael Finkel

“the true solitary does not seek himself, but loses himself.”

— Michael Finkel

“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.”

— Michael Finkel

“If you like solitude, you're never alone.”

— Michael Finkel

“The first great literary work about solitude, the Tao Te Ching, was written in ancient China, likely in the sixth century B.C., by a…

— Michael Finkel

There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found…

— Michael Finkel

“The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer.”

— Michael Finkel

I think many people have this sense that something about modern society - the screens, the noise, the traffic, the constant busyness - has…

— Michael Finkel

I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary.

— Michael Finkel

“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.”

— Michael Finkel