There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do.
I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.
Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.
Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.
I'm not selfish at all.
My life, in some ways, has been a half-measure. I didn't commit myself all the way to my marriage and family, because I would have given up more. And I didn't go all the way with just being completely selfish. I always wonder where my career would be if I was more selfish.
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