
“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.”
Source: Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
Source: Keeping Faith
“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.”
Source: Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
To Letterman, after they lengthily kissed during the Late Night with David Letterman — "Gillian Anderson Kisses Letterman" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLlDZ2uJXY (May 10, 2002)
2000s
“From the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.”
Source: "First Memory", Ararat (1990)
“I was talking about kids I knew and me.”
On Where the Wild Things Are
NOW interview (2004)
Context: I was talking about kids I knew and me. A book, an American book, where the child actually daunts his mother and threatens her.
No way. No way. And then on top of that, she puts him in a room and denies him food. No way. Mamas never do that kinda thing. Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of. And the worst offense, he comes home. She leaves food for him. And he's not punished. Not punished.
Source: Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
Mr. Tesla Explains Why He Will Never Marry (1924)