May Sarton Quotes

I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are.

My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.

I didn't want to lose my sense of myself in my profession.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

Having a self, even a simple self, allows you to look into the world and put a mark over what is more important and less important. It's a way of classifying the world in terms of your own needs.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.

I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.

I'm not a confused person in real life. I'm very clear.

Unless you are clear in your mind and in a position to think clearly and know where you want to go, with confidence, then you're never going to be able to achieve it.

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

You only know who you think you are. You sort of feel like you could change at any minute.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American woman. Or 65 percent of me is.

I can give or take elephants; I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white.