“I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

“I love the life of an actor because you spend brief amounts of time with other people and then you just leave. I need to be alone a lot, and I need the outdoors.”

“The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”

“Let you alone! That’s all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”

“Everyone has Good and Bad Times. Find your creative/thinking time. Defend it ruthlessly, spend it alone”

“The beauty of our system is that it isolates everybody. Each person is sitting alone in front of the tube, you know. It's very hard to have ideas or thoughts under those circumstances. You can't fight the world alone.”

“Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone.”

“You’re not alone, and you’re not the one in charge,” Mother said gently. “Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—in times as dark as these.”

“Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.”

“Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.”