You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
I don't care where people come from, but others are fascinated about where I come from.
I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me.
I've never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it's something of which I'd be very proud.
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.
Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.
Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.
Really life is about narcissism; no one is ever thinking about you much. You always think people are thinking about you way more than they are.
There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.
What people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts.
If I've surprised others, I haven't surprised myself with the way I've played.
