Samuel Beckett Quotes

I think a lot of Magnum was me.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself.

Writing has certainly helped me explore about 20,000 versions of my authentic self. I suppose that's what most writers discover if they write long enough: there are a lot of selves roaming around in there.

You come to the city, and you have a chance to find out who you really are.

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

I think and that is all that I am.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.

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.

Much of the time, we're transfixed by all of the ways we can reflect ourselves into the world. And we can barely find the time to reflect deeply back in on our own selves.

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

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.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

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

I think skating helped me find myself.

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

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight.