Hikaru Nakamura Quotes

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.

I don't focus on anyone but myself.

Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

There is definitely a pressure for funny people to be funny. People want them to perform all the time.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

A lot of comedians are selfish.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win. I'm jealous of anyone else who wins.

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.