In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.
Some things in literature are inexplicable.
Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.
Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent, and you feel those people filling your life.
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.
Writing is an antidote for loneliness.