“I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.” — Elie Wiesel Quote

“I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.”

“There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.”

“From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist," he said. "I have to be.”

“I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.”

“People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it over your shoulder, it makes you a little self-conscious.”

“I don't even like getting my picture taken because I feel terrible about the way I look. I'm so self-conscious about things.”