Quotes About Introspection

I'm always distressed by the supposedly bright people who don't know what they are.

I think we are fascinated and scared by evil at the same time. I think it's important not to suppress our fascination but to walk into it with open eyes.

While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice.

Listen to John Coltrane. When he plays 'A Love Supreme,' that guy is totally into himself.

I was socially isolated as a kid. I had friends, but I wasn't very good at sports and that sort of thing so I became quite comfortable being by myself, exploring. The world was my private playground, and in it, I was supreme. Darwin, Faraday, Huxley and other great scientists were my companions.

I'm sure there are some things I'm not good at.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath.

When you look in the mirror at the end of the day, make sure you feel good about what you see.

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not, but I'm not a very competitive person.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.

Maybe I think too highly of myself, but I think maybe sometimes I can give some good advice - sometimes bad advice, I'm sure - and I think that's a way of giving back.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.

Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, revealing everything about yourself that is most private and probably most interesting for that very reason.

Because I'm a nobody, surely it's an interesting thing or a nice thing to see a nobody or just a regular person do things that makes you question your taste and feel things.

I will surely pen my autobiography.

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.

Surely there's a deeper pursuit to music than getting bros to pump their fists in the air.

The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don't really know me. You just know this part of me. You fell in love with that. But it's way more intricate than what meets the surface.

There's a richness that reading gives you, an opportunity to probe more than any other medium I know of. Reading is about not being content with the surface.

If you grow up in show business, you look beyond the looking glass. So, all of the surface facades get broken.

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.