Dakota Johnson Quotes

I'm so jealous of people who in second grade knew what they wanted to do.

So, yeah, I mean, there is something universal about that feeling - that 20-something, what the hell am I going to do with my life, I'm lost and my parents are freaking me out, and what's the point? Every generation has a way of making that unique, but there are certain universals of that feeling.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.

You know, I don't think I had a concept of what I would be or do.

Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

Sometimes I wake up and think, 'How did I get here?'

For a while now I've had this feeling that there's something that I'm supposed to be doing or something that I'm supposed to contribute. I don't know what that is yet, but it's been plaguing me - like I've missed my calling somehow.

I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.

And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life.

As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older.

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?

When I got outta school, I didn't know what I was gonna do with my life. I knew I didn't have much in the grades department, and so I was very fearful. A whole lot of fear.

I had money, but I still didn't know what to do with my life.

I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.

no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any

I miss working. It's real, you know? But I don't know anything but songwriting, and I don't even know that. I didn't go to school; the only thing I know how to do is this. The only thing that I know is that I know nothing.

I obviously wanted to play for the Kansas City Royals. (Laughter) I also knew that was far-fetched. The truth is I don't really know what I wanted to do.

There's existential fears I have - losing passion and creativity and just kind of floating through life. When I feel a little lost - pulled away by the noise of what you're supposed to be doing and what your social following is - I go back to the things that inspire me.

Do you ever sit back and wonder what it all means? Whether this is it or if there's something greater out there? Or if you were meant for something better?

You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree in autumn and been really puzzled about it? That’s the feeling.

I stick my finger into existence.. it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? What is this thing called the world? What does this word mean?

What is my life for and what am I going to do with it? I don't know and I'm afraid.