Jean Anouilh Quotes

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

I'm frightened of my innate vanity. I mean: the suits lined with scarves? Even I know the warning signs. I could quite easily end up in a tiny Playboy mansion, all on my own.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

I dote on myself. There is a lot of me and all so luscious.

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look - like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

Making love with his ego.

Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

I am self-centred. I just adore myself.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

I love to be the center of attention. My oversized ego craves it and needs it.