Loneliness Quote by Iain Reid

“Writing is a lonely process, but should not be done alone.”

— M.E. Jakobsen

“Writing is a profession that requires being alone. Just alone. You talk, laugh, get pissed off, get scared, be happy, think, imagine, shout, and…

— Alexina Benavidez

“The art of writing is not as solitary as one might think. When it finally dawns on us one day that our task as…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

“...because writing is fundamentally an act of reaching out from self to other. It is a reminder that we are not alone in the…

— Alicia Rasley

“Writer is always alone. But every author is a creator, and gods are lonely.”

— Lara Biuts

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing

“If one think he can live without writing, perhaps he should not write at all.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Writing may be a solitary endeavor, but publishing is not.”

— Natasha Yim

“Writing is a form of running away. Running away to a place you made by your own hand.”

— Y.K. Raikou

“It's funny. Writing is a solitary task, but in order to succeed at it, you need other people.”

— Kim Wright

“I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.”

— J.D. Salinger