Ottessa Moshfegh Quotes

I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.

I just don't like talking about my relationships or anything like that, in any reference.

My relationship with Salman Khan is too personal to talk about. I take my work like any other regular job, and what I do in my personal life is no one's business. I'd rather let my work do all the talking.

I am protective of my own personal life, but I must confess that I enjoy watching people that don't mind telling it all.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

I'm share a lot of details, but 98 percent of my life is still private.

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.

I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy.

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.

I try to avoid talking about my personal life, but I certainly don't get angry about it - I just don't talk about it.

If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I'll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song.

My family, my fans and yes, romance is always there in one way or another. Life is full of these emotions and I have always found pleasure in incorporating them into my music.

I'm not an exhibitionist; I don't have a compulsion to share the ins and outs of my daily life with a public audience.

You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things that you've felt. It's kind of impossible not to unless you're writing a song and there's an exact scenario that you're trying to write a song for.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very honest person.

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.

I'd like to think I'm an actor who leaves things at work.

I can only write a book like 'The Tin Drum' or 'From the Diary of a Snail' at a special period of my life. The books came about because of how I felt and thought at the time.

I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that.