Bernard Sumner Quotes

I'm not interested in nostalgia; I'm interested in who I am.

The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

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.

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

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

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

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.

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.

The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional.

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

My life hasn't been all about politics.

You don't need to figure out exactly who you are right now. Just live your life.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.

I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?

I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.

I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge.

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.

I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

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.