Sarah Paulson Quotes

I learned from my past.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Looking back, I made my mistakes and I understand and learned from them.

I do always look back and feel faintly embarrassed by anything I've done in the past. I think that's not a terrible thing, because if you don't do that, how are you growing and moving forward?

I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron.... I should have been able to do better.

The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk I've been," "How could I have married that guy?" or "How could I have done this or that?" With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, "It wasn't all about them."

I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I'm not a perfect human being. I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I've made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don't know if I've been a great role model myself.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

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

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

I remember some of the biggest mistakes I have made really, really well.

I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about attitude as well as ability.

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

I do reflect on it sometimes, going, 'Wow, if I knew what I knew now I would be such a better server.'

I've made a lot of dumb mistakes, but I don't regret them at all.

I think, like anyone else, I made my mistakes.

If you regret anything in your life, then you haven't learned any lessons.

As an individual, I've learnt a lot about life - some things that proved to be helpful and some things I wish I never knew.

Something good happens or something bad, I think, 'What can I do better? What didn't I do this year?'