Anne Roiphe Quotes

Some day... some day, I want to go much deeper into the human mind.

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.

I'm very interested in the human mind, what's going on in there.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this!

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.

I think the human mind is fascinating. I love figuring out why people are doing what they do.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Psychoanalysis - and any good therapy - is a method of increasing one's awareness of destiny in order to increase one's experience of freedom.

My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

Since Socrates and Plato first speculated on the nature of the human mind, serious thinkers through the ages - from Aristotle to Descartes, from Aeschylus to Strindberg and Ingmar Bergman - have thought it wise to understand oneself and one's behavior.

Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith.

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

I'm increasingly realising our consciousness and subconsciousness are extremely different, and our subconsciousness motivates us, but so far, I don't know what drove or motivates me.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you.

I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... almost scary.

An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing.

I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal.

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

I have to admit that 'Psychology Today' was one of the first magazines I started reading, back when I was 13 or 14, because I was the kind of kid that was curious about the mysterious human mind - I hoped to learn about telekenisis, multiple personalities, psychosis, and various other cool and terrible things that happened inside people's heads.

I think acting and psychology are both looking at what makes human beings tick. I've always found that fascinating.