“I really would like to stop working forever–never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now–and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends. And I’d like to keep living with someone — maybe even a man — and explore…”— Allen Ginsberg, writing.upenn.edu
“Sometimes, I don’t want to go anywhere, I think I’ll be happy if I never have to set foot outside the house again.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“In real life, I was nothing but an antisocial hermit. A recluse. A pale-skinned pop culture–obsessed geek.”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com