John Burdett Quotes

"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."

I'm not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I'm skewering myself first. I'm skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles.

Nobody can make more fun of me than I already make of myself.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.

The show is 'Fix My Life!' Get it? Life. I do not fix people.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.

I do not look at myself every morning and think: 'Oh, my gosh, I am so perfect, so beautiful, so talented.' No, I like to make fun of myself.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the dumbest of you all?

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

I really lack the words to compliment myself today.

I don't gossip about myself.

I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

I gotta say, I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses, and, well, Fix-It Felix, I'm not too far from that kid.

I couldn't imagine a more incompetent politician than myself.