Quotes About Self-discovery

I think journaling is an important, intrinsic experience, and a lot of us don't spend enough time on it.

The art of drag is intrinsic to who I am.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

I was an introvert.

I just knew I loved music, and I wanted to do something in music, but I couldn't sing, I can't dance, I am an introvert. So I was like, 'What exactly is there for me to do? What can I do?' There's all these questions, there's all these things that are telling you 'no' instead of 'yes.' Those are the things I dealt a lot with, my insecurity.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

I was very introverted as a child and as an adult. But something inside told me that I needed to express myself, and it would be on the big screen.

I've tried to educate myself in the world and what's beautiful and what has meaning and is lasting. Then I just follow my intuition and see how it fits.

Roberta Tavasolli is a very intuitive medium. She has advised and inspired me to be me for many years.

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.

I have a sense that many Americans, especially those like me with European or foreign parents, feel they have to invent their families just as they have to invent themselves.

I don't think you can be taught how to make art. You can be coached, but on a fundamental level you have to figure it out for yourself. You have to learn how your own mind works, figure out your own relationship to the art; you essentially have to invent it completely for yourself.

I invented myself.

The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.

When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity.

The more time I invested in myself and finding out what made me unique and special, the more jobs and campaigns I booked.

When I am writing, my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.

Endurance sport is an inward journey, I like to be with myself, hear my heartbeat, my thoughts, it's something I've been enjoying since 15 years and it's only getting better.

Everyone is different, and each has to create his or her own path, irrespective of who their parents are.

I used to isolate myself and be in my room by myself all the time.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

Lis and I didn't talk for a year. I was in a relationship that wasn't good for me. I became isolated. I had nobody anymore, I only had my relationship.