Marco Pierre White // "I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress... To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people."
Janis Joplin // "To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is to not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else."
Andrei Tarkovsky // "I think I'd like to say only that they should learn to be alone and try to spend as much time as possible by themselves. I think one of the faults of young people today is that they try to come together around events that are noisy, almost aggressive at times. This desire to be together in order to not feel alone is an unfortunate symptom, in my opinion. Every person needs to learn...how to spend time with oneself. That doesn't mean he should be lonely, but that he shouldn't grow bored with himself because people who grow bored in their own company seem to me in danger, from a self-esteem point of view."
Toni Morrison // "You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."
John Lee Hooker // "I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune."
Viggo Mortensen // "I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it’s a relief. If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile."
Bette Davis // "I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure."
Sylvia Plath // "I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me... I would like to be everyone...a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person."
Edith Sitwell // "My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence."
Bertrand Russell // "Remember your humanity, and forget the rest."
Virginia Woolf // "Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls play free."
Waris Ahluwalia // "I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really."