Passenger Quotes

My personality doesn't interest me.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

One of my problems is to find the self.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

I discovered myself!

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

Know thyself.

My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it.

We have to have a very clear understanding of ourselves.

I hit a brick wall one day, and I spent a lot of time by myself learning about me and who I am and what I want and don't want.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

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

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self.