Quotes About Boundaries

I don't like people who are just takers.

You keep your rent low, which takes some of the pressure off. So when I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I don't mean, 'Give me more money.' I mean 'no.'

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.

I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries - taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk.

It's hard to put your heart into things when you feel you're being pulled in so many different directions and people are taking advantage of you.

Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

I think it's really hard to draw a hard-and-fast line and say 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' doesn't count as science fiction or fantasy. Or at what point do we say mythology is not fantasy, so reading mythology when you're young does not count as an exposure to fantasy?

I don't do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil's show. He's a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn't give me any advice. He doesn't give solicited advice.

Publicly, I've never talked about Argentina.

I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.

Usually, I prefer not to clarify anything that is being talked about me, but when it goes out of limits, I reply.

I lost boundaries as a child that I didn't even realize it and it wasn't talked about back then. You know, it was something you just buried and dealt with, and moved forward. What could you do about it?

The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public.

A border is a border. I have to be conscious of both my borders. I will also have be conscious of my sea. It is less talked about.

I'm sure you can imagine it's pretty frustrating to have people talking about your private life who don't know anything about it.

I just don't think it's appropriate talking about family stuff publicly.

I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.

I don't like high-maintenance. High-maintenance does not work for me at all. And I don't like anybody who talks down to people. I don't speak down to anyone who works around me, and so I won't put up with it in a relationship.

I am a person who never talks about my problems with anyone. I don't discuss them with my dad because he gets hyper. So I choose not to.

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground.

I've had women telling me I'm bloody gorgeous but I haven't had any kinky pictures. Everything's been quite tame - from the women!

Restriction often enhances clarity.

Submission reaches the end of its tether when it becomes destructive.