Paul Auster Quotes

I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing.

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

Everything I'm saying shouldn't be taken so serious. I'm playing, but at the same token, I'm acknowledging that I'm not always the perfect man; I'm not always doing the right things. That's who I am. I'm working to be better.

I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't have it all together - I don't really think anyone does.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.

I remember 'vulnerability' being an unattractive word for most of my life, and I resented it as a direction coming from a director just because it implied weakness so I get the job. But it is that humbling place that creates compassion.

The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities.

When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be.

I'm still just a loud-mouth girl from Michigan. I thought I might've grown out of that, but people are always reminding me that I haven't.

If I want to hide myself from my limitations, then I don't want to play this game.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.

I'm never going to be this polished politician. Nor am I going to be perfect.

I'm still here, living proof that sometimes it's OK to admit to your fallibility.

I'm not a perfect person. I never will be. I'm not going to try to be.

I'm comfortable with myself now, and I understand how goofy I am, how stupid I can be, how emotional I can be, or how focused I can be.

I'm a very real person that has overcome a lot, so I think I'm relatable.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

I don't think you have to be perfect to be a role model.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.