Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it.

I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I hate publicity. The only publicity must be through my work. I can only talk about myself in relation to work. I know about work - but I don't know about me.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town.

I should be known for my work and not how I promote myself and what I do.

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

You should be unique, you should be confident, and that's how people remember who you are. You have to be willing to share who you are and your story.

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I've been wrestling for many years; I've accomplished a lot - but I take pride in being genuine, honest, and down-to-earth. Those are the qualities I really respect about myself, so I'm really pleased when I see that the energy that I want to exude is well received.

I don't have a need to promote myself.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.