The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.

Quote by Wendy Wasserstein

Topics: Self Loathing Quotes

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.

There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've...

There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Self-confidence is a key to unlock self-motivation.

Self-confidence is a key to unlock self-motivation.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always...

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most...

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most...