Rex Stout Quotes

To transcend and be yourself... I have no reason to tell you, and others, something that is not of interest to you.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

If you spend the first 30 years of your life only trying to look good, you're not going to know yourself very well. If you got it, flaunt it.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

My personality doesn't interest me.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

I want to challenge people to find out who they are.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.