Quotes About Being Reclusive

#1. Back in the '80s, I was known for being reclusive, often shying away from media attention.

Rick Astley

#2. Why, you're not crippled, you just have a little defect - hardly noticeable, even! When people have some slight disadvantage like that, they cultivate other things to make up for it - develop charm - and vivacity - and - charm!

Tennessee Williams

#3. So we can't start a fire. We can't fly. We can't create a force field. We are the most bullshit superheroes.

Michelle Hodkin

#4. Some people always have a touch of youth about them.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

#5. My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time.

John Searles

#6. if there's one dude that everyone on the Upper West Side will welcome with open arms, it's the fucking jogger.

Caroline Kepnes

#7. I'm far from being reclusive. I have 30- or 40-year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an occasional party, but just because I don't go to a lot of events, and I'm not out in public all the time doesn't mean I'm anti-social or a recluse.

Kirk Kerkorian

#8. To avoid sounding like a cliche, I won't say I want to get proposed to in Paris, but Paris. I want it to happen somewhere public where people can be excited that I just got proposed to, and everyone applauds, like in a restaurant - that, or somewhere totally secluded ... in Paris.

Betty Who

#9. The act of lust and the act of love are the same; it cannot be falsified like a sentiment.

Graham Greene

#10. Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.

Ben Harper

#11. Photographing plants makes you look carefully and become aware of the many solutions plants provide to human problems

Andrea Jones

#12. Sometimes it is very useful to have a reputation for being a reclusive, amoral jerk.

Brandon Sanderson

#13. When you're in front of an audience, you know if it didn't work. I get very nervous and have a fear of failure that is much more profound than in the podcast world.

Andy Daly

#14. Angels boast ethereal vigor, and are formed from seeds of heavenly birth.

Virgil

#15. It's funny because everyone says, 'Oh you're reclusive; you don't do social media,' but it's not about being reclusive. I like direct contact, and I like contact that's purposeful.

Banks

#16. I always say that everyone has to start by being true to themselves.

Lori Goldstein

#17. Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'

OMI

#18. Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

Noah Baumbach

#19. The problem with being, as I was then, and on some days continue to be, neither adventurous nor reclusive is that you want friends, but you don't want them to do anything you wouldn't do. But you wouldn't do anything.

Katie Heaney

#20. Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.

J.A. Konrath