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Will Self Quotes: "A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.



Will Self Quotes: "To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown."

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.




Will Self Quotes: "I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching."

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.



Will Self Quotes: "Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass"

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass




Will Self Quotes: "It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves."

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.




Will Self Quotes: "If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself."

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.




Will Self Quotes: "Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever."

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.



Will Self Quotes: "The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes"

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes



Will Self Quotes: "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.



Will Self Quotes: "The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self."

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.



Will Self Quotes: "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.




Will Self Quotes: "...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.



Will Self Quotes: "A creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism."

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.



Will Self Quotes: "Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening."

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.



Will Self Quotes: "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.



Will Self Quotes: "Schadenfreude is so nutritious."

Schadenfreude is so nutritious.



Will Self Quotes: "Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide."

Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.




Will Self Quotes: "I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form."

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.



Will Self Quotes: "Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider."

Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.



Will Self Quotes: "Most every day — if not every day — for the rest of your life, you will be reminded or think of this night. And I want to thank you in advance right now for the great memories it’s going to be."

Most every day — if not every day — for the rest of your life, you will be reminded or think of this night. And I want to thank you in advance right now for the great memories it’s going to be.



Will Self Quotes: "The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention."

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.



Will Self Quotes: "You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made."

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.



Will Self Quotes: "There's not many things less important than the score at halftime."

There's not many things less important than the score at halftime.



Will Self Quotes: "So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal."

So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal.



Will Self Quotes: "I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer."

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.



Will Self Quotes: "Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it."

Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it.



Will Self Quotes: "The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply."

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.



Will Self Quotes: "The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon."

The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.



Will Self Quotes: "I think I now understand why it is that the young are so very nostalgic. They have so little by way of personal history that they polish it up and make it shine like a treasured heirloom."

I think I now understand why it is that the young are so very nostalgic. They have so little by way of personal history that they polish it up and make it shine like a treasured heirloom.



Will Self Quotes: "The cynics are correct the sense of freewill is only that feeling which we have when we take the necessitated option that most appeals to us."

The cynics are correct the sense of freewill is only that feeling which we have when we take the necessitated option that most appeals to us.



Will Self Quotes: "Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.



Will Self Quotes: "The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening our own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination is illusion."

The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening our own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination is illusion.



Will Self Quotes: "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions."

I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.



Will Self Quotes: "Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel."

Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel.



Will Self Quotes: "I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy."

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.



Will Self Quotes: "Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses"

Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses



Will Self Quotes: "As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect."

As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.



Will Self Quotes: "My life is for itself and not for a spectacle."

My life is for itself and not for a spectacle.



Will Self Quotes: "Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go."

Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.



Will Self Quotes: "The Sacred Bombshell knows that her creative feminine energy is a catalyst. She remembers her womb wisdom."

The Sacred Bombshell knows that her creative feminine energy is a catalyst. She remembers her womb wisdom.



Will Self Quotes: "Being uneducated is no guarantee against being obnoxious."

Being uneducated is no guarantee against being obnoxious.



Will Self Quotes: "We must become what we wish to teach."

We must become what we wish to teach.



Will Self Quotes: "If you believe something, you can have a morality that means something as well. You can feel recognized as an individual within the universe; it can give meaning to who you are."

If you believe something, you can have a morality that means something as well. You can feel recognized as an individual within the universe; it can give meaning to who you are.



Will Self Quotes: "Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing."

Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing.



Will Self Quotes: "though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.



Will Self Quotes: "Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself."

Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.



Will Self Quotes: "The conscious experience of being a subject arises when a single organism learns to enslave itself."

The conscious experience of being a subject arises when a single organism learns to enslave itself.