Marianne Moore Quotes

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

During my childhood and teenage years, everything I knew was at war. My mother and father were at war. My sister and I were at war. I was at war with my atypical nature, desperately trying to fit in and be normal. Even my genes were at war - the cool Swiss-German side versus the hot-headed Corsican.

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.

We are not at war (except with our own demons).

Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.

The enemy is always in the mind.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself.

The most difficult dilemma for a person is perhaps when his heart testifies to an inevitable reality yet his tongue will not proclaim it, when his mind screams in acceptance of truth but he cant bring himself to state it.

The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.

Everyone has a conflict inside of them - the conflict between what you should do and what you want to do.

Clearly, I'm drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

I became conflicted in my late teens.

I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong.

The tension between 'yes' and 'no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot', makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.

To me, any character that is conflicted inside as well as outside of themselves is always a better role to play.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

I waged war against my feelings.