Dawn French Quotes

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

The most real dialogue for me is when I am alone, writing.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that I wanted to spend that much time alone.

I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years.

Travelling alone was like laundry for my thoughts.