Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.
Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.
(a.) Affording retirement from society.
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’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.
One might have all sorts of reasons for avoiding people. It's none of our business.