Source: It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
Variant: It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.
Source: Mockingjay
“Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.”
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“Narcissism makes me feel better about myself.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
"Beyoncé Wants to Change the Conversation", interview with Elle (4 April 2016) http://www.elle.com/fashion/a35286/beyonce-elle-cover-photos
“Don't worry, the operation won't take long and you'll feel much better in the morning.”
Onstage introduction to The Celebration of the Lizard
Context: Alright listen man, we got a special treat for you now. This is a little tour-de-force that we've only done a couple times in front of strangers, and it starts off kinda quiet, so if everybody just kinda relax, take a few deep breaths, think about your eventual end and what's gonna happen tonight; and we'll try and do something good to your head, right man?
I don't know if you're aware of it, but this whole evening is being taped for eternity and beyond that too. And so listen man, if you want to be represented in eternity with some uncouth language then I hope you'll stand up on the top of your seat and shout it out very clearly or we're not going to get it on tape.
Don't worry, the operation won't take long and you'll feel much better in the morning.
“The less I know, the better I feel about a person or book.”
On why he did not read a book before interviewing its author.
The Radio 'King': From Midnight to Dawn https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19810104&id=7DBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792,4986335, Toledo Blade, Jan. 4, 1981.
