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Lonely Quotes

Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you're going through - from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense - is an invaluable asset.

Past People Lonely You Everything

There's no story if there isn't some conflict. The memorable things are usually not how pulled together everybody is. I think everybody feels lonely and trapped sometimes. I would think it's more or less the norm.

Together Conflict Story Think Lonely

Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Process End Lonely Difficult Act

When I was writing or competing in individual sports, it felt unfulfilling and lonely. When I was able to find a group of people I believed in and liked, that all worked in pursuit of a common goal, it felt incredibly rewarding.

Sports People Writing Lonely Goal

I'm interested in telling a story about a gay man and what he's going through as an artist and as a lonely, single gay man. I want to reveal what I know about loneliness.

Loneliness Man Story Lonely Artist

I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot of time reading.

Time Myself Reading Lonely Kid Had

I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.

Child Lonely Never Get Even

Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you and the reader.

Business Writing End Lonely Reward

It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.

Douglas Coupland

Day Blue Writing Lonely True Talk

I think it's always worth remembering that people sending off mean tweets are probably pretty lonely people.

People Think Lonely Worth Mean Off

One thing I've realized is that being a nerd has transformed. I like that it's easier to read comic books and, like, 'Lord of the Rings' now. You don't have to get punched in the chest in the gym locker room for that anymore.

Sad Growing Up Think Lonely You Kid

Once refugee children are in the U.K., adapting to their new surroundings can be a lonely and demoralising experience.

Katharine Viner

Children Experience Lonely New Once

The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.

George F. Kennan

Best Believe Forward Lonely American

I did 'Lonely Hearts' with John Travolta and James Gandolfini. Talk about getting over your fears. These guys were amazing! Also, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of my favorites. We've made 3 films together. He is such a generous, giving actor.

Christa Campbell

Together Amazing Lonely Giving Actor

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.

Mother Vacation Lonely Back Three

Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.

Music Me Lonely Scared Being Oxygen

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.

Adlai Stevenson I

Road Lonely Sometimes Meet Way Talk

I started watching so many different types of women, saw all the complexities of them, all the ways and the look and shapes they could be, and I felt it was missing for me in American film. I didn't see anybody I was watching in movies that felt like me. I felt rather tortured and lonely about it.

Women Me Lonely American Look See

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

Myself Walls Lonely Lady Old Inside

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Nature God Alone Best Lonely Feel

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.

Alone Great Loneliness Men Lonely

The road is a lonely place, and that sounds like a cliche, you know, like what is my life?

Life Road Lonely My Life You Place

I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.

Victoria Pendleton

Team Lonely Feel Up Used Would

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

Alone Lonely Secrets Nothing Us Our

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