You have to look in the mirror and do one of two things; love or hate who you see. So, be good to yourself - it's all the esteem you have.
Fantasy and drama appeal to us. They are socially acceptable and make you feel good about yourself. Moreover, you get rewarded for being cleverly ignorant.
When I've worked with established artists, I've naturally been more restricted, but you still have to take risks and push yourself to do something different.
You may have to disappoint some people in order to be true to yourself. That's OK. Their disappointment has nothing to do with you.
Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.
Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.
When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?
Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.
The horror aspect, the scary parts, are easy for me. I mean, I can get into that pretty easy, because I get scared. You have to invest yourself in these characters.
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be.
Life is so short. The only person you hurt when you stay angry or hold grudges is you. Forgive everyone, including yourself.
What an utter disgrace it would be to find something truly magic and spend any time at all pretending and trying to convince yourself it is all just an unbelievably orchestrated and beautifully choreographed illusion.
It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.
When life hits you down, you have a choice make it- You either stay down and feel sorry for yourself or get up and believe in your self.
Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families and form cohesive social groups.
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are thinking about. That way, you can be more relaxed with yourself.
My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and really think about 'What is your goal? Where do you see yourself?'
I watch people, friends of mine, and see how they portray themselves online and I find interesting that it's kind of a hyper-real version of yourself, how you'd like to be seen, in a way.
