„I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.“

„Drew Barrymore: Eddie Vedder said something like, "The more you're known as a personality, the less you're accepted as an entertainer."
Edward Norton: I would agree with that. On the other hand, I hate the "dark prince" act that some actors put on when they're doing publicity. If it's for real, if you're really a dark prince, then don't sit down with an interviewer and act like a dark prince. I don't necessarily love doing these things, but once you've agreed to do them, I think you ought to get on board.“

—  Edward Norton american actor 1969

Interview by Drew Barrymore (Interview Magazine - April 1996)

„I do go ahead and consider myself a religious person.“

—  Ursula Goodenough American biologist 1943

Meaning of Life interview (2008)
Kontext: There are all sorts of transcendent response on offer but they to my mind are not necessary to call oneself religious. And obviously this is … semantics as much as anything else. But I do go ahead and consider myself a religious person.

„I am an easy going person. I don't sing for money or fame. I was brought up in an environment where I was taught to love and respect music, not consider it a business.“

—  Shreya Ghoshal Indian playback singer 1984

Opinion about music http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/i-don-t-sing-for-money-or-fame-shreya-ghoshal/story-8vgJ5F1u77DfpVBcTF8R2J.html - Archived http://web.archive.org/web/20170307222836/http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/i-don-t-sing-for-money-or-fame-shreya-ghoshal/story-8vgJ5F1u77DfpVBcTF8R2J.html

„Although personal calling I sense—who am I? even if I am, I don't know.“

—  Dejan Stojanovic, buch Circling: 1978-1987

“If I Am,” p. 7
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”

„You like being vague, don't you? (Amanda)
It was a choice of being a Dark-Hunter or a prophet. Personally I like the slash-and-kill stuff much more than prayers and the lotus position. (Acheron)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon, buch Night Pleasures

Quelle: Night Pleasures

„I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.“

—  David Levithan American author and editor 1972

Quelle: Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

„A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood“

—  Brandon Sanderson, buch Warbreaker

Quelle: Warbreaker

„I do not presume to preach to anyone; I do not consider myself a preacher or a teacher. Were it not that I am responsible for the book, I would prefer that my personality be not named as its author. The greatness of the subjects about which I offer information, relieves and frees me from self-conceit and forbids the plea of modesty.“

—  Harold W. Percival, buch Thinking and Destiny

Author's Forward, p. xxi
Thinking and Destiny (1946)

„Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.“

—  Brennan Manning writer, American Roman Catholic priest and United States Marine 1934 - 2013

Quelle: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

„If America was a person, — and it sat down, — Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.“

—  Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Quelle: Mason & Dixon (1997), Chapter 66

„I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.“

—  Tim Burton American filmmaker 1958

„Sadly, after years of study, I realize that most history may pivot on personal considerations like that, not on the pursuit of ideals dark or shining.“

—  Glen Cook, buch Water Sleeps

Quelle: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 5 (p. 22)

„I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.“

—  Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014

Quelle: phenomenal woman

„When the person Myth meets the person Reality
The spirit of the impossible-strange appears
In dark disguise“

—  Sun Ra American jazz composer and bandleader 1914 - 1993

"The No Point", p. 256
Kontext: When the person Myth meets the person Reality
The spirit of the impossible-strange appears
In dark disguise
It is always there where nothing inverts itself
and becomes something
Whatever is the imperative need

„Every one of us strives to be a better person; and if I am to contribute one thing of myself, it would be compassion.“

—  Masiela Lusha Albanian actress, writer, author 1985

Statement at the Masiela Lusha Foundatinon board page http://www.masielalushafoundation.org/board.php

„I am a person always full of contradictions… It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.“

—  Ba Jin Chinese novelist 1904 - 2005

As quoted in "Living legend : Ba Jin" in News Guangdong (26 November 2003) http://www.newsgd.com/culture/art/200311260025.htm

„I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person — as the people in this room will attest.“

—  Janeane Garofalo comedian, actress, political activist, writer 1964

standup performance, date unknown[citation needed]
Standup routines

„I just don't see the point in beating myself up. I think it's more productive to concentrate on being a better person right now than punishing myself for who I was in the past.“

—  Megan McCafferty American novelist 1973

Quelle: Second Helpings

„The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark.
My knight in furry armor.
Saiman opened his mouth. "This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.“

—  Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Quelle: Magic Slays