Ayelet Waldman Quotes

It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering what they're doing with their ego?

Blogs are nothing more than a personal meandering diary for public consumption - a narcissist's dream. So you can imagine when bloggers take themselves - and their blogs - seriously, it's super annoying.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

Actors are inherently self-centered.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

Narcissism has existed for a long time; social media is just a new outlet to express it. Anybody who is going to record themselves and put that on the Internet, hoping people will watch, there is a degree to which that exists, yeah. I don't know if I would call myself a narcissist. I don't necessarily identify with that label.

Gentlemen, start your egos.

I'm definitely a narcissist, and TV is fabulous for narcissists.

I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments.

I think the concept of ego has kind of taken over for a lot of people in our industry.

Tweeting - let's be honest: it's like I'm the center of the universe; it's all about me. Everybody is listening to my every thought, and my current thought at this very moment is... it's ridiculous.

Narcissism is a strong word, but it is narcissistic to expect everybody in a culture to reflect your own image back at you.

Modern football tends to bring out the narcissism of those who sit on the bench.

Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington.

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.

Actors are all narcissists.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.