Quotes About Introspection

I do have a delicate side.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.

I'm so grateful for my endless delusion.

I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.

I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.

I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad at ourselves.

I am my own demographic.

We know that creative people have all sorts of demons.

You can't deny your limitations.

The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

I would say critically of myself that I am somebody without secrets. Sometimes acting depends on you having a secret. I don't think I've ever had that.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

I kind of like being depressed.

I didn't have a horrible life as a teenager but I was certainly depressed and had some pain in my life at that time. I've spent a lot of time thinking back on that time in my life. I think I am just fascinated by it.

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

When my first film flopped, I got damn depressed.

When you are young you can be a bit nonchalant - it's cool to be depressed, and maybe a bit dark.

I remember trying so hard to get into Bon Iver. I'd lie in bed listening with my eyes screwed up, like, 'This is just depressing me.'

I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life.