“I’ve never been lonely. I’ve been in a room , I’ve been depressed. I’ve felt awful — awful beyond all — but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me…or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I’ve never been bothered with because I’ve always had this terrible itch for solitude… You know the typical crowd, “Wow, it’s Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?” Well, yeah. Because there’s nothing out there. It’s stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I’ve never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night… That’s all. Sorry for all the millions, but I’ve never been lonely. I like myself. I’m the best form of entertainment I have….
The sense of being displaced from my home, homeland and language is a part of my working life..there’s always a part of me that’s migrating..
I wasn’t lonely.
I experienced no self-pity.
I was just caught up in a
life in which
I could find no
meaning..
