Childhood memories Quote by John Geddes

My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was…

— Chad Channing

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.

— Will Self

“There's great power in not fearing solitude. You don't allow yourself to be treated like crap because you're afraid of the alternative.”

— S. Usher Evans

I'm not collegial, I don't hang out. I'm soloist, I like my solitude, I don't really hang around with comedians.

— George Carlin

“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a…

— John Geddes

“...when I was a kid, Toronto streets were deserted and quiet on Sundays, except for the sound of church bells I stood on the…

— John Geddes

Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon -…

— Henry David Thoreau

The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray.…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

— A. R. Rahman

I have not a desire but a need for solitude.

— Roland Barthes

“Eventually we find that we no longer need silence. We no longer need solitude. We no longer even need words. We can make all…

— Mark Haddon

“Nook people are those of us who need solitude, but also the sound of someone puttering in the next room.”

— Durga Chew-Bose

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you…

— Fridtjof Nansen

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.

— Franz Kafka

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I…

— Katherine Paterson