F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.

I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.

Of course there are other prima donnas around. So many of my colleagues, younger ones, are wonderful.

We used to be such prima donnas.

Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens to all surgeons, I think. There's a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.

I honestly don't think that I am cool enough or important enough that anyone would care about what I am doing at all hours of the day like "I just had a latte from Starbucks and now I am going to Barney's. Love me some shoes!

You seem to take things so personally, hating people and worshipping them--always thinking people are so important--especially yourselves. You just ask to be kicked around. I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it--on the inside.

If someone uses the amount of time I spend in the public eye as criteria for what my music could possibly mean to them, they probably should take a long, hard look in the mirror and figure out why they need to think they're so special. Because I don't think anybody is that special.

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

Your twisting is done--you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?

He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. She always suspected he was right. For a brief irrational moment, she wished she could walk away from him. Then she wished, more rationally, that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying; need was the choicelessness she often felt around him.

I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world. They have no concept of their behavior or how it might be affecting other people. So comedically, it's a very fun type of character to play. They are bulls in a china shop, twenty-four seven.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

The desire to be seen as superior and singular- and, conversely, but similarly, inferior and individual, is a big topic...They have a term for the syndrome- it is called terminal uniqueness...we all refuse to be part of the crowd, to walk in the middle of the road in the safety of others. We all think were special. But the problem is, as I point out to Dr. Singer all the time, I actually am special.

I think if he [Donald Trump] goes to the super bowl, he thinks the guys in the huddle are talking about him.

William: You're just gonna have to take who I give you and deal Paris: Like anyone would pick you over me. William: You just wait and see. I'll have every single on of them eating out of my hand. Paris: Only if you had one of those delicious fried Twinkies. Strider rolled his eyes. Egotistical morons. Anyone with a set of eyes could see that Strider was the pretty one in their little three-some.

I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special and we are always trying to find a balance.

Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials -- they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think -- rather than letting you figure it out on your own.

Everyone is an idiot," I stated. "Except me.

Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

I’ve made my life’s work spotting assholes. And you know, I think it’s harder now than ever before because there’s so many socially acceptable ways to exhibit a pathological lack of empathy.

Love is not a contract between two narcissists.

If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.