William Styron Quotes

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

You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.

Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.

God will help you be all you can be, but he will never let you be successful at becoming someone else.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

In every role, a part of me gets to come out.

Learn what you are and be such.

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

To get what you want out of life, all you can really do is find out who you are, and do that.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.

'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.

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.

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

What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.

A true desire is not to have but to be. We are whole creatures in potential, and the true purpose of desire is to unfold that wholeness, to become what we can be.

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves.

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.

I'm one Pia Zadora, the same way all the time. That's why I'm happy. It took me a long time to get to the point where could be myself all the time.