Myself Quotes
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I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'
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I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.
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I'm the sort of person who keeps a lot to myself.
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The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.
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I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.
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I definitely have a shareholders' perspective. I'm not doing that altruistically. I'm doing that because it's in my own self interest to do it. I think that's good for my other shareholders because they go along with me: If I do well for myself, then they do well for themselves.
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I get no satisfaction just showing myself in every corner of the world every week.
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It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself from that feeling, I take time out to choose roles that excite me.
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Everyone has something that they carry always, even if it's just as simple as, 'I hate myself.' Everyone's got a different thing.
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What I love about my job is challenging myself and finding weird, different roles.
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Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.
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I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.
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I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce.
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It was bothering me a lot, and I became addicted to pain medication, which is like what dragged me down. When we first started talking about this thing, I was like pretty much out of it, but I wanted to do it. So I needed to get myself overhauled, cleaned up and everything else to do this, because I wanted to do it, you know?
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I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!
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I think that being read to every night is the reason why I was plowing through volume after volume of 'Nancy Drew' books all by myself by the time I reached the first grade. I loved stories. I loved the escape. I had a vivid imagination.
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I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.
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I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine.
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When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.
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I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.
