Quotes About Introspection

One of the things I believe in is a sense of human nature.

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how obsessive I am.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.

I think that when you follow Christ, one of the things that happens when you start listening to His voice is that you really are alone.

One of the things is, I don't read my own press. I never watch myself.

One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.

One of the things I said was that I had been in great hopes that I would become a better person as a result of confronting my own mortality, but it actually never happened. I didn't become a better person.

You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.

If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.

I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

A man is, after all, what he loves. But one always feels cornered when asked to explain why one loves this or that person, and what for. In order to explain it - which inevitably amounts to explaining oneself - one has to try to love the object of one's attention a little bit less.

A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

My films have mostly been about the rise of desire as the discovery of oneself.

I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.