Stephen King Quotes

One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.

I think I should be here alone to rethink the world - I do. I want these lesser humans gone.

I feel calm when I'm on my own.

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

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

You have to remember that I'm a guy who is happiest in a dark room just thinking.

We must relearn to be alone.

When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.

--then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.

Every man is grave alone.

I want to know what you're thinking, you want to know what I'm thinking. But we're alone. In our own minds. We're trapped in this sort of isolation.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

I don't like being left to my own thoughts.

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.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the sun coming in, and God, insofar as he or she exists, smiling down upon me. Then I would have never been accused of being a tyrant, other than towards myself.

Writing is a lonely business.

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

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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