Arundhati Roy Quotes

When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

I don't think of myself as a role model.

Some people say I'm arrogant or cocky but I'm a down to earth, decent guy.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

Everyone in Kiss is replaceable. My ego will tell you that I am not, but that's not so.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

Most people think I'm immodest.

I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.

I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

Don't believe your own publicity. You can't; you'll start thinking that you're better than you are.

What I say on a record and what I say off a record is two different things. And that's always been the case. There's a difference between confidence on a record and arrogance.

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.