Quotes About Introspection

The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior.

Having to stake out your identity and have people question whether or not you're being yourself was a tension that I could relate to.

Maybe by nature and because of my past I protect myself. The minute I feel any tension I take myself away.

Meditation helps you to learn about character and mind. It relieves you of the tension you have gone through.

I do see the world in pretty dark terms. I find it colder and scarier the older I get.

I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.

A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself.

Quarantine has really affected me in terms of thinking about what the rest of the world is going through and what isolation within a small space might be like.

The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.

I've made an effort to nurture the feminine in myself. I don't mean overtly, but in terms of response to things.

Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them.

I'm getting older and I'm just coming to terms that I'm stuck with me so I better try to like myself.

You have to come to terms with yourself as an artist and know what you do best.

My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn't like you. Especially when you don't know what you've done to deserve it.

I'm a terrible husband.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Honestly, as you can imagine, it really isn't all that fun directing yourself, running back and forth to the monitors to see if you're terrible or not.

I realised after doing 'Tanu Weds Manu' that I had become fat and was not performing to the mark. I realised that I had become a terrible actor. I did 'Jodi Breakers,' which did not do well. So, I moved away from the film industry and lived with the common man to know where I was lacking and what do they want from an actor.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.

I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.

In journalism, I have done many a bad report. Some have been exceptionally terrible.