Lady Colin Campbell

There is no cure for narcissistic personality disorder. If you have a relationship with someone who has it, there will be a certain level of pain built into it. I don't think you can have a close, loving relationship with a narcissist, and I don't think it's possible to be a true narcissist and be a good mother.

British Writer

Jeffrey Kluger

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.

American Writer

John Corey Whaley

Call it egotistical or narcissist, but I think that's what we all look for in books - the right stories that help us make sense of the world that we, on a very personal level, live in every day.

Alan Ball

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

American Director

Emily Ratajkowski

The truth is that both groups want to be noticed. Yet we view a man's desire for attention as a natural instinct; with a woman, we label her a narcissist.

British Model

Michael Showalter

I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world.

American Comedian

Andrew Sarris

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

American Critic

Jordan Gavaris

The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always empathic. It's always kind and compassionate.

Canadian Actor

Tucker Max

The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.

American Author

Fantastic Negrito

I always call myself a recovering narcissist. I lived my life thinking everything was about me.

American Musician

The word carries a negative judgment, implying extreme self-centeredness.

Negative Connotation

Don't overuse it as an insult; it's a serious trait, not just for someone who's occasionally self-centered.

Overuse Caution

Familiarize with the Greek myth of Narcissus; it's where the concept originates.

Cultural References

Understand it's a clinical condition, needing professional diagnosis.

Psychological Disorder

Narcissists often struggle with empathy, not understanding others' feelings.

Empathy Lack

Be aware that relationships with narcissists can be emotionally harmful.

Narcissistic Abuse

 entertain people make a living in pay my and without having to have a job I hate and hopefully find an audience that will love and accept me and not think I'm a narcissist for wanting to be a performer and find true inner peace and that's it

Is pop art art? PIPE Amanda...

 happening now faster than ever and instead of just words and images you can create a whole persona for yourself online it's like that ancient Greek I narcissist who drowned while looking at his own reflection in a pool it started out with

Bill Nye on Social Media...

 The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image. To varying degrees, narcissists think they're better looking, smarter, and more important than other people, and that they deserve special treatment.

The psychology of...

 I am going to talk about myself, which I rarely do, because I -- well for one thing, I prefer to talk about things I know nothing about. And secondly, I'm a recovering narcissist.