Alan Bennett Quotes

I've done a lot of growing up and realized a lot of things.

You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves.

I think you just learn so much about yourself over the years.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

My past has helped me grow as a person.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

I took some meetings when I was 11. I think what was interesting about being a young kid in environments like that was people were like, 'You're so sure of yourself! You're so confident!' And I was like, 'I'm 12.' Now I've got to this place where I'm like, 'This is who I am.'

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

I want to be known as someone who grew up a little.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

Every year you learn as a person, about yourself, what works for you and what doesn't.

With age and experience, I started to know myself better.

Spend time in your head and figure yourself out. Start taking note of all the things you do that you don't like, and then you're more conscious of it, and you learn.

I think as you get older, you find out more and more about yourself and what you like and what you don't like.