Confinement Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.

— Will Self

Writing is a solitary occupation.

— Bernard Cornwell

Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

— Ruth Ozeki

You start to forget about the world outside - it's not relevant or relatable anymore. The darkest part of solitary confinement is that you…

— Chelsea Manning

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

— Antonia Fraser

Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.

— Paulo Coelho

You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely.

— Sandra Cisneros

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

— Karl Kraus

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

Writing is an antidote for loneliness.

— Steven Berkoff