Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together. Roger McGough carryeasyfeel share on social
I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. They're nowhere. I know they're nowhere and they don't exist, but if nowhere means that's where they are, that's where I want to be. Maurice Sendak brotherdaydead share on social
By being friends with all, we are not alone. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa friend Change image and share on social
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world. Tim Burton feelisolatekid Change image and share on social
I think it's what art should do: make you feel less alone - either in the quest for truth or in dealing with any pain you have. Brendan Gleeson artdealfeel Change image and share on social
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something. Sandra Day O'Connor accomplishcreateform share on social
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone. Florida Scott-Maxwell blackboilkettle Change image and share on social
I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people. Robert Wilson peoplesurround Change image and share on social
But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose. Gunther Schuller amateurcomposefelt share on social