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. Emily Carr comeliveworld Change image and share on social
I think there's something beautifully old fashioned about waiting all week then sitting down and watching something on television together. I'm generation box set, accustomed to binging on multiple episodes at a time, which is fun but quite a solitary pursuit because you do it alone. Elizabeth Debicki accustombeautifullybing share on social
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by. Edie Falco actagoscrape Change image and share on social
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone. E. W. Howe hundredmanquarrel Change image and share on social
Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas belongdogfear Change image and share on social
I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity. Embeth Davidtz acceptactivelygirl Change image and share on social
The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the experience of poetry, the meaning in poetry, is a kind of circuit that takes place between a poet, a poem and a reader, and that meaning doesn't exist or inhere in poems alone. Edward Hirsch basecircuitexist share on social
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published. Edmund White criteriondecidediscourage share on social
There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day. Edith Pearlman breakconventionalday Change image and share on social
I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak! Enid Blyton bookchildday Change image and share on social