It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child.
I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.
I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching, and yet, so strange is imagination, all I thought of was some childish hypothesis or other. In such circumstances, you do not choose your own thoughts. They overcome you.
I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts.
When sadness happens in the middle of work, I separate my personal grief from my train of thought.
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
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