Lou Reed Quotes

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

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!

It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

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

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

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

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.

I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music.

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

Gentlemen, start your egos.

You know, I Google search my own name because I'm so self-obsessed!

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.