Sinclair Lewis Quotes

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

I think when you start changing things, you're not being yourself.

'Days Before Rodeo' is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

Many people will never learn the lessons meant for them in this lifetime, nor become the person they were meant to be, simply because they are too busy being someone else.

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

If You Don’t Claim Your Humanity, You Will Become A Statistic.

First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.

Unless you drop your personality you will not be able to find your individuality. Individuality is given by existence; personality is imposed by the society.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

All that I am is me. So I'm not really a poet or a writer or an actor or an activist; I'm me, and these are things that I do.

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

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

After this whole acting thing is over and done, you eventually have to be human. Some people are never human. It's very weird.