House Quote by Sandra Cisneros

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

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

— Catie Curtis

If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

— Rod Serling

It's hard to describe why one room and not another feels right for writing. Of course you have to train yourself to be able…

— Naomi Alderman

The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search for something…

— Marguerite Duras

It takes isolation and solitude for me to write.

— Taylor Momsen

Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion…

— John Braine

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an…

— Neil Simon

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Will Self

Writing novels is sitting in a room by yourself for a year.

— Greg Iles