Taylor Swift Quotes

I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.

Twitter is important, but it's not more important than protecting your soul.

I don't take any notice of negative stuff said on social media. If anything it spurs me on more.

Years ago, in order to stay sane, I had to really make an effort not to think about how people view us. There's just so much noise, positive and negative, and not much good comes out of thinking about it.

I never had an issue with my weight or how I looked before 'X-Factor' or social media and then as soon as I got it, I slowly mentally started to believe everything people were saying about me.

I feel like - I know I talk about it all of the time. Body issues, online bullying, it is a thing. People go through it.

The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!

It doesn't matter what people want to say on message boards, know what I mean? I don't pay attention to that stuff.

Children already ignore others and take time on their own, and I think that is something adults should refer back to as they deal with the everyday hustle of the world.

I'm a very private person, not much of a party person. That's how I keep my sanity.

I had to turn off my Twitter notifications for a while as I got a small minority of people sending me some abusive tweets.

If I was to get into Twitter I'd expose myself to people who adore me or people who absolutely hated me. Neither of those are useful to my soul.

If you love yourself there's plenty left for everyone else. You just have to deflect natsy things.

On every single picture on my Instagram page, you'll find a negative comment. My supporters will normally stand up to that hateful person, and then it will become a big argument, and it's just a lot. I try to tell myself not to listen to the haters, and I try not to read the comments because it's not worth it.

I don't read the comments people write about me - it's not worth it.

I try not to hear anything negative about me, and if I do hear it, I try to block it out.

I get too upset by online criticism.

I'm hugely affected by what people think. It could be a million people saying, 'Great.' And then one person writes, 'What the hell is this kid doing?' and starts slagging me off, for some reason, and then I have to join in the blog and sign in under a different name and go,'Why don't you like him?'

I avoid social media and articles with negative comments about myself, because the first few times that I got called 'fat' broke my heart; it absolutely destroyed me. It's awful when someone says something like that to you.

My brain has so many qualities that do not work with social media. I'm an overthinker, I'm overly private, and those two personality traits just do not work when it comes to Instagram.

You can have 10 nice comments today, and it's that one nasty comment that you're gonna hang on to.

The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact with a director/actor. You're in even more trouble if you don't. When I started out, a single YouTube comment would make me sad for days, and I'd wonder how people could say such nasty things about me.

I've realised you don't gain validation from other people just because you have perfect skin or hair, it comes from the inside and I feel brighter and happier since I made peace with, and begun to accept, my spots.

Anyone close to me will be familiar with my frustrations with certain aspects of social media: the behaviour it encourages and attitudes towards the self it can breed.

It makes me sad; I had to stop seeing my fans. It is like mental self harm to go and read my DMs.