Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.

My EP, 'Room 93,' was all about isolation - it was based on the idea of being in a hotel room and being totally alone with yourself or that other person.

Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known... then went crazy as a loon." Lisa Simpson

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long amounts of time off.

Writing is a lonely business.

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter.

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

I used to love writing in my journal.

My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

The funny thing about me is I'm kind of schizophrenic, because after four or five nights in a row of going out to parties, I just have to be alone. I hate people and feel like they're keeping me from what I really want to do, like write a fabulous novel, which I probably never will.

Growing up a lonely only child prepared me for the years of solitude spent as a writer; years spent in the company of people who don't exist, imaginary people you have conversations with. It's a paid form of madness, this writing stuff.

Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.

I was alone more than most kids.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.