John Fowles Quotes

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

Learn what you are and be such.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

I want to reclaim who I am.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

'Kaafir' has come along because I have never been more aligned with my truth.

Me finding my confidence took me a while, but now I love that I went through everything I did before to get to where I am now.

Knowing who you are is confidence.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.

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

My life is my argument.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.