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People talk about games and loneliness - it's a lonely activity. I didn't understand that. 'Gears of War' was the first multiplayer game for me that I enjoyed. But I wasn't sad. I liked being alone. I liked playing games by myself. I had lots of companionship at the house.

— Tim Schafer

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness.

— William Slim

Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say.

— Jhumpa Lahiri

When I was a kid I feel lonely, I have not many friends. If you make a movie, then you can work with different kinds of people and make different kinds of friend. That's very important to me.

— John Woo

As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.

— Chris Ware

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

— Henry Rollins

Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social.

— Rich Sommer

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

— Drew Barrymore

✗Opposing Perspectives

Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.

— Tom Hanks

I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop as a culture. You know, having the shoes, using the words, buying the magazines, seeing the videos. And I had nobody to share it with, so I feel like I lived a lot online.

— Iggy Azalea

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

— Michael Jackson