David Cronenberg Quotes

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

I think you just learn so much about yourself over the years.

I learned so much, and I feel I have grown as an actor and as a person.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

You have to grow up, and you learn things along the way.

As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you.

You grow as a person with every new experience.

I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on.

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

Growing as a man, I had to go through some stuff first. I had to figure this thing out, find out who I was as a player.

A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel is not yet full;so you care for nothing but your own affairs. When you grow up, your vessel overflows; and you are a politician, a philosopher, or an explorer and adventurer. In old age the vessel dries up: there is no overflow: you are a child again.

The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

Every experience makes you grow.

I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.