"Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Self Quotes #Made Quotes #Found Quotes

“I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.”

Source : Nemo magazine (#2), 1983.
“Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.”
“Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.”
“I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.”
“I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.”
“Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.”
“the mute protest in your own bones”
“Force Majeure is a jolt. You won't know what hit you. Director Ostlund shifts gears from humor to psychological thriller with cunning skill.”

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