Kris Kristofferson Quotes

I made the character as much of myself as I could.

Everything I write is about me.

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

I didn't know you could write about yourself. Nobody ever told me about this.

I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.

I know what I do. I know what I put on film. I know what I try to do. I don't want to talk about what I've done.

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy.

Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band.'

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

I'm really bad at describing my own life.

I know how I want to operate as an artist. And that is by having an honest, genuine dialogue about this kind of screwed up journey I've had that I'm so thankful for.

I admire writers who succeed at what I consider the first demand of art: that the artist vivisect himself without pity, without hesitation, determined to reveal whatever he might find.

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's not to say all my songs are like that.

Well, I think that in every character there are little bits and pieces of yourself.

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

I think a lot of Magnum was me.