Unless we love and are loved each of us is alone each of us is deeply lonely.

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves but I love me.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone because I am the person I know best.

I never said 'I want to be alone.' I only said 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field than their own hearts in their closet.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say oh God I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

In Genesis it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.

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.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.