Paris Review interview (1958)
Context: You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.
Richard Stallman (1953) American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
"O'Reilly Open Source Conference: Day 3" by Paul Weinstein, in Apache Week (26 July 2002) http://www.apacheweek.com/features/oscon2002 <br class="br">2000s
“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat)
I write romance novels. (Acheron)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Devil May Cry
“Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
To the barber, while being shaved by him.
The Great Dictator (1940)
“When you screw up someone’s life, the least you can do is leave the person alone.”
Chetan Bhagat book Revolution 2020
Revolution 2020 (2011)
“You have to be taught to leave us alone. Leave us alone.”
Stirling Silliphant (1918–1996) American screenwriter and film producer
David Zellaby (Martin Stephens), Village of the Damned (speaking to his uncle about himself and the other alien children) (1960).
