Loneliness Quote by Irwin Shaw

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

— Francois Mauriac

“Writing is not 'lonely work' but "alone work'; authors are known to be reclusive and like spending time with themselves.”

— Brie Edison

“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He…

— Ernest Hemingway

The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person.

— Betsy Lerner

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He…

— Ernest Hemingway

Novel writing is solitary work.

— Mohsin Hamid

Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.

— Hilma Wolitzer

The writer is all alone.

— V. S. Naipaul

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering. Rather, he…

— Ken Doggett

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

— Sara Sheridan

Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and I think…

— Margaret Atwood