Quotes About Introspection

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately, what I'm most interested in as a writer is a few notches below the private self.

I'm really outgoing, but there's times I want to be by myself.

I play guitar, so that's kind of my outlet, but its just something I want to keep for myself.

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really sad about something, or wanting to sort through something dark.

I'm fascinated with what happens to the creative output when you isolate yourself from the approval and disapproval of the people around you.

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

Anything that needs to be accessed is within me. Even if it's in a circumstance that seems outrageous, I can still just go back to the basic human experience and it's all there.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

You need not search for the compassionate mind from outside. To know yourself, to know your nature, your mind will automatically be the compassionate one.

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldn't turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.

In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.

My natural state is an outsider, and no matter what group I'm in or where I am, I've always felt like I'm outside the group, and I've always been analyzing the group.

To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

I think, at the end of the day, I have an outsider's heart.

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

It's easy to be loud, outspoken, and play to the gallery. It's difficult to underplay one's self.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.

I've got to be happy with myself when this ride is over.