Tommy Dorfman Quotes

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

I think and that is all that I am.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

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

It's only when we are able to see our own behavior that we are able to wake up and start making conscious choices.

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

It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.

My personality doesn't interest me.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

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.

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

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

I've been so in my moment about my life.

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

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

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

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

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.