Mena Grabowski Trott Quotes

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

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

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

I've read a lot of different versions of myself - and all of them are true because it's all opinion, and they're as accurate as it can ever be. But I don't think that I've been deft at hiding parts of my personality.

Everything I write is about me.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

I think skating helped me find myself.

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.

My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

I love talking about myself.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling.

I write a lot about myself.

Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my definition of myself is completely up for grabs. I'm everywhere, just like we all are.

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

I write for myself things that I've gone through.

I think my music is so personal that it lets people in. And they identify with me more because of that, you know, so it's like my story; it's who I am as a person.

Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!