E. M. Forster Quotes

We don't know what we think until we see what we say.

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say?

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

You think, you don't just speak. The lines come off the thoughts.

you don't know what you think unless you say it.

The thought process can never be complete without articulation.

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

Doubt your doubts before you doubt your beliefs.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer.

I never really think too much about my voice.

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.