Peter Paige Quotes

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

It's easy to forget who you are.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

I am what survives of me.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

You are.

We all wait for a mirror to show us who we are, to validate us. When we hear something about ourselves that we have never heard before, it feels like a blessing, and it gives power.

Every good story is about who we are and our struggle to define ourselves.

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

The best advice Drake's given anybody is to know yourself. It's the most important thing to live by.

If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame.

Knowing who you are is confidence.

I wonder how I seem to them. They must see someone I don't see. Someone capable and strong. Someone I can't be; someone I can be.

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

I'm always interested in how people, myself included, have ideas of themselves, of how they thought they would be, or of how they want to be seen. And the older you get, the world keeps telling you different things about yourself. And how people either adjust to those things and let go of adolescent notions. Or they dig in deeper.

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

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

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.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.