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

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself,...

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself,...

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium...

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets...

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets...

He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.

He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.

When you loathe yourself, a true friend will respect your honesty. And if youve been...

When you loathe yourself, a true friend will respect your honesty. And if youve been...

People out there must be told about the self-loathing that follows rape and how it's...

People out there must be told about the self-loathing that follows rape and how it's...

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.