Quotes About Introspection

In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

I have work to do as a human being.

The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out.

Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.

The creative thinker must stand sufficiently detached from his work.

I can tell you that solitude Is not all exaltation, inner space Where the soul breathes and work can be done. Solitude exposes the nerve, Raises up ghosts. The past, never at rest, flows through it.

I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work.

I would not describe myself as a left-wing filmmaker. I don't think this is the first thing that would pop into my mind when talking about my work.

Novel writing is solitary work.

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

I am working out the vocabulary of my silence.

I got work to do. I got a lot of work to do within myself.

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

I sort of pride myself in my dissatisfaction with my work. I've always been concerned with buying the hype, and having that make your performances suffer.

My mother, she's like, She can work on herself.

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.

I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me nuts.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.