Cindy Sherman Quotes

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

I don't want to feel like I'm a television host - because I don't think that I am. What I really want to feel like is, I am you; I just happen to be here.

I'm writing my story so that others might see fragments of themselves.

There are a lot of people out there that really aren't that different than me, I consider myself a pretty average guy, so hopefully they understand me and know where I am coming from. I kinda feel like I am a voice for them.

People ask me why I connected. It was presumptuous of me to say, but I'm Everyman. The difference is I put my thoughts into words.

When a novelist manages to describe or evoke something you thought or felt, without realizing that other people also found themselves in the same situation and had the same feelings, it creates that same solidarity. Maybe it's better to think of humor not as a tool to express the solidarity, but a kind of by-product. Maybe the realization "I'm not on my own on this one" is always, or often, funny.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

I think I'm relatable.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, 'I'm glad someone else is as idiotic as I am.'

Anybody can relate to anyone on 'Glee' at some point in their life.

It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?

For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.

There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.

It's exhilarating to read something that tells you that people saw something and felt something that you thought was so discreet. When they relate you to some of their own fantasies of who or how some actresses should be in movies. That's really kind of sweet!

There's been so much that I've shared with the world, and by doing so, it's helped me connect with others on a whole new level. I love that, as I want people to watch 'Total Divas' and be able to relate themselves to what we go through. My hopes are that they realize we are all in this 'thing called life' together.

I don't want to bore people with things that don't matter to them. I want to share parts of my life that are universally true with other people.

The essence of Yungblud is connection. That's all I want to do: connect with people.

Any relationship, I'm talking about even with your kids, when you got something they can relate to - both of y'all - it helps.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

I see myself as anybody, as everybody; I'm not just telling the story of my life to give the reader a picture of who I am.

In acting class they tell you that you have to be real, connect with the people, connect with your partner. The same as politics, you have to connect to the people.