Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence.

I feel like I didn't know who I was when I was 15. I don't feel like you're who you are for life, not even when you're 20.

It took me a while to find myself.

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

A lot of first novels are coming-of-age stories. A lot are autobiographical.

I'm okay with myself. I had times when I was 15 about 'Who I am?' and 'What am I?' and where I want to go, and that's behind me.

It wasn't until I could get out of Stanford that I could sit down and think about my life, to do the things that most kids do, which is to ask who am I, what do I want to be when I grow up. I never got to do Dan Pintauro.

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.

All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.

I think that as a young lady, you start off not knowing what you want to do, and then you kinda arrive at yourself by the time you're 17 or 18, hopefully. And that's what I did.

I think I just took a while to know myself. I went on a journey to find out. I was a bit wild.

Everything when you're a teenager is a projection. Or at least, for me, it was. 'Who am I gonna be?'

As a teenager, you're still discovering who you are, what your life is about, and who you want to be as a person. It's very intense.

I think that until we're 21, human beings don't get to know themselves very much.

I knew from a young age that I was attracted to guys. I didn't know if it was a phase... I didn't want to say, 'Hey, I might be gay. I might be bi.' I just didn't know... I wanted to find who I was and make sure I knew what was comfortable. So I didn't tell anyone growing up.

It's kind of like OK, I want to be a singer. And I felt if I would have stayed with the 'Osbournes' and done the whole Osbourne thing... I would have been typecasted right away before I had a chance to experience other things.

I do love the idea of people at a certain time in their lives when they're questioning, figuring out who to be. I find that interesting, but honestly, I think it's like that at every time in your life.

I went through so many phases when I was young - surfer girl, tom boy, punk - but they weren't mistakes, just moments.

I think that from 15 to, like, 18, I went through a very rough time. Something basically everyone goes through in those years - not knowing what you're going to do.

Everyone goes through that time in their life when they're trying to figure out who they are, find their own purpose and their own way.

When I was between 18 and 25 it was like I had problem finding the middle of my personality.

I think at some point during everyone's life, you finally figure yourself out. I haven't even done that yet. I'm still learning who I am.

I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner.

The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.