reclusive

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

The internet in general and social networking sites in particular are making people more reclusive than social.

I had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn__ be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.

Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.

I avoid the looming visitor,Flee him adroitly around corners,Hating him, wishing him well;Lest if he confront me I be forced to say what is in no wise true:That he is welcome; that I am unoccupied;And forced to sit while the potted roses wilt in the crate or the sonnet coolsBending a respectful nose above such dried philosophiesAs have hung in wreaths from the rafters of my house since I was a child.Some trace of kindliness in this, no doubt,There may be.But not enough to keep a bird alive.There is a flaw amounting to a fissureIn such behaviour.