Taylor Swift Quotes

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

My instincts tell me that you will spiral into a very unhealthy place if you start pondering about how other people think about you and, quite frankly, I don't want to go there.

I can't dislike you, but I will say this to you: you haven't got long before you are all going to kill yourselves, because you are all crazy. And you can project it back at me, but I am only what lives inside each and every one of you.

I don't read reviews, and I try not to read articles about me. It taints your outlook: if you believe the good things, you've got to believe the bad things, too.

Everyone has something that they carry always, even if it's just as simple as, 'I hate myself.' Everyone's got a different thing.

The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.

When people compliment me, I don't put much meaning into them, but when they say bad things, I take them too seriously. I try to fix this mentality, but it's hard.

You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.

People say nice things about me but they don't know what's been going on between my ears.

The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.

I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress me.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

My mind has been both my best friend and my worst enemy.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

There are times when we are just not very kind to ourselves. The problem with our negative thoughts is that the latest science has revealed that thoughts are very powerful, even impacting us physically.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I avoid looking in the mirror.

'My self-esteem,' 'my self-this,' 'my self-that.' Believe me, I've been there - I'm an actress. At one point, you just get nauseous with it and think, 'I have to take my mind off myself!'

I usually need to read emails to actually wake up. I'll read these and Twitter, and my brain will start to get going about what a narcissistic monster I am. I read on Twitter who is talking about me. I'll also start making jokes for the day based on what I read on Twitter.

I'm a dramatic, depressive person.