Alive Quote by Vivian Gornick

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

— Ruth Ozeki

It takes isolation and solitude for me to write.

— Taylor Momsen

“Letter writing allows us to be alone yet connected. We need a certain amount of solitude in order to have true ideas to communicate.…

— Alexandra Stoddard

I think there is no way to write about being alone. To write is to tell something to somebody to communicate to others. .…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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

“Well -- there are two kinds of loneliness, aren't there? There's the loneliness of absolute solitude -- the physical fact of living alone, working…

— Patricia Duncker

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

“Some writers say they find the writing process lonely. I don't. Yes, it's solitary but when you can escape into a world of your…

— Stewart Stafford

Writing is an antidote for loneliness.

— Steven Berkoff

I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!

— Simon Mawer

“Writing is a profession that requires being alone. Just alone. You talk, laugh, get pissed off, get scared, be happy, think, imagine, shout, and…

— Alexina Benavidez

I just always felt whole when I was writing. I felt this kind of beautiful privacy that I never felt in any other way.…

— Sheila Heti