Henry James Quotes

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

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

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.

His fundamental interest throughout his life was himself.

People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts.

In general, I can't stand people who always turn a conversation into something about them. I can't stand it when people are too into themselves.

We have all had the experience at some point in our lives of sitting across from someone whose favorite subject is themselves. This is true of nearly everyone to some respect - but for some people, it is a particularly acute problem.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless love of my mother. I have none of the plodding, practical love. . . . . I am, to be blunt and concise, in love only with myself, my puny being with its small inadequate breasts and meager, thin talents. I am capable of affection for those who reflect my own world.

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

I have such an ego 'cause I'm a double Leo. I can't let go of me, you know, so it's very difficult for me to be somebody else and not me. I'm so into me.

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

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.

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

I don't focus on anyone but myself.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.