It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.

Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.