Quotes About Introspection

I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.

When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about what is between the lines. The song is about what isn't there.

Everyone in my life who is important, they feed me humble pie.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

At the beginning of 'The Hills,' I couldn't watch myself because I'm very critical and would pick myself to pieces. But with movies I feel like it's different because you're playing a character. So it's like watching yourself but not watching yourself.

I don't like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound, so it's what I wanted, and that's it.

There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.

It's hard to say what you learn acting a part. You find bits and pieces of yourself that are inside the character you play. You locate the relatable aspects of that character to your own life. So, in a way, every part you play forces you to discover things about yourself you might not have learned otherwise.

To me, Jefferson Pierce represented every side of me. I knew that I would be able to flesh him out.

I am a pile of reworked flaws weaved into a semi-functioning man.

I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist.

I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.

I like expansive stuff that has a lot of space in it, like some of the early Pink Floyd albums.

I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes.

I want to clear my mind a little bit and give my mind a little bit of time to breathe so I can pinpoint or at least nail down feelings I'm having and that I've had for the last however long. I need to nail them down long enough to actually write about and elaborate on them.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

Early on in the writing, there is often a sentence that pins down a character for me.

I care more about my pipe than about fame and honors.

It's funny 'cause the Rhea Ripley that everyone sees, I've looked into that personality so many times before, just at home, in concerts, in mosh pits.