John Lahr Quotes

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.

I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!

I do struggle with the fact that I don't have all the answers.

I don't know what I am. And it's not important.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.

By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of dried up. I stopped writing. I stopped being able to form my own vision. That's actually what my first feature is about - looking back at two different selves.

There are times I can't even figure myself out.

I really think I've found me finally in the music. You know, I had put an album out before, 'Embrace Me,' and it's been seven years since that. So I was discovering who I was. And I still am discovering, but I think now I know a little bit more of who I am. So that's what's pushing me.

I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is.

As we wrestle with questions of identity, we imitate those actions we think best fill an ambiguity we have within ourselves. And that goes for everyone; no one is free from this condition.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.

The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

'M Train' is as close to knowing what I'm like as anything. I don't know exactly what the book is about. All and nothing, I suppose.

It's hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling - which was pretty much always.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

A great epiphany: I found out that I'm totally confused and I'm good with that. I'm consistently inconsistent. I'm all of the above. I'm OK. I'm a work in progress. That's my next tattoo somewhere.