Kate Millett Quotes

She used to say 'You can be whoever you want, even yourself'.... Yeah, I show up knowin exactly who I was and never leave as myself

You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn't try to be a tiger, and you shouldn't try to be something you aren't. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature. You still won't be perfect, but success isn't about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

I wanted to seem completely invisible but whenever you're saying someone else's words and relaying the story of someone else's life, it's not you.

You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, they just call it a relationship!

Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you're supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

Fundamentally, you can never be someone else. You can only be less of who you are.

You have to be someone.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

I can't be anybody but myself.

People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to.

I'm not what I make.

I ran out of any type of persona. I just had to be me.

Mary doesn't want to be treated as Mary J. Blige: she just wants to be Mary.

Before, I had an idea of what I thought I needed to be, and I'm realizing more and more that being yourself is the best thing.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.