#elf

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#affected #any #applause #beautiful #beautiful person

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

— Joaquin Phoenix

#happens #multiple #myself #now #other

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right? ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#does #every #everybody #i #i think

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #carpet #find #footing #going

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#first #job #library #local #prophecy

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#decide #finish #fix #force #garbage

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#liked #love #may #you #yourself

I don't feel sorry for myself. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#i #myself #sorry

I need to rein myself in sometimes. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#myself #need #rein #sometimes

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion. ↗