George Clooney Quotes

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

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.

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

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I started writing as a way to know others, to get away from myself.

My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.

No matter how you travel, it's still you going.

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.

I want to stretch myself as much as I can whilst I can, just work and try all different things and have a good time.

It's always relevant - moving forward into the future and finding out who you are. I think those themes never get stale.

I did my solo thing for a while and got that out of my system.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

Kids have to experiment a little or figure out where they belong.

I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist.

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

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

I think skating helped me find myself.

I want to challenge people to find out who they are.

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.