Affair Quote by Seneca the Younger

I write to escape from my life. Writing about men separates 'me' from my work in a way that I find comforting.

— Jennifer Egan

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

— Socrates

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

— Socrates

I've always been a person who wanted to withdraw from the world, because the changes I've been through, I just don't want to go…

— Charles Bradley

“Men seek retreats for themselves - in the country, by the sea, in the hills - and you yourself are particularly prone to this…

— Marcus Aurelius

I think my family and closest friends are learning about my need to withdraw, and I am learning how to restore and store my…

— Sandra Cisneros

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

— Graham Swift

Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

I have spent myself on all kinds of things ... I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written…

— Ba Jin

“The next time you feel like withdrawing, make a decision to take action and fight the defense mechanism that says to keep your feelings…

— Dennis James

I have already disassociated myself from my husband's views.

— Sushma Swaraj

I've experienced being properly lost in my desires, and it's really influenced my writing.

— Christine and the Queens