Jon Ronson Quotes

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.

The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.

I'm not much crazier than anybody else, but I'm not much saner.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

Like most people, I woke up one day to find that everyone I knew was taking antidepressants, and since I wasn't, I figured that I must be the cause of their depression.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

I am stable when my private life is a success.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

Apparently, everyone is most scared of the psychological tests. I didn't know how I'd fare. What I've found out is I may be creative and imaginative, but I'm also extremely together.

My greatest fear is failure.

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.

Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.

I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.

I avoid looking in the mirror.

I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.

Self-care equals success. You're going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you're healthy.

I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly balanced, but I feel like I'm figuring it out, and I'm surrounded by really wonderful people that want to see me succeed and be happy. Life is wild.

Considering all that's happened in my life, I feel like I'm a pretty levelheaded person that has remained happy and not let my shortcomings overtake the better part of me. I'm fulfilling the things I wanted to fulfill, and I'm still sane.