Myself Quotes

7167 Myself quotes by 4519 unique authors

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. — Tanith Lee
I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as… — Busta Rhymes
I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. — Manuel Puig
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit… — Penelope Lively
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as… — Mary Oliver
It is my practice to try to understand how valuable something is by trying to imagine myself without it. — Herb Kelleher
I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it, and… — Eddie Van Halen
I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for… — Tony Abbott
I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never… — Earl Hines
I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better. — John Breaux
Through a blog, an ordinary citizen such as myself can use the Internet, this thing invented by Albert Gore, to talk from my house to… — John Jay Hooker
I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not… — Tim Scott
I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together — Vanessa Carlton
I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself. — Abbas Kiarostami
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried… — Susana Martinez
Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself. — Chris LeDoux
You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe,… — Chris LeDoux
One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling. — Jennifer Egan
I pride myself on having a journalistic remove. — Erik Larson
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself… — Erik Larson

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