Quotes About Perfectionism

It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still fear.

I have loads of stuff that never came out because I really don't think it's good enough.

I'm such a perfectionist. I always feel overpraised or whatever. In the abstract, I know I'm a good person, a good professional. But it's nice to be noticed a little bit, ain't it?

If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.

I tried to make the best music that I could possibly make, and then nothing was ever good enough.

After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't have done it in a Russian accent.' No, he's great. He's a good guy.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.

I used to paint and I used to draw, and I probably would have loved to have been a portrait painter if I'd been good enough, but I really wasn't good enough.

I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, Youve got everything going for you right now, and I say, Oh yes, but! Which is not a good way to be.

I have a fear of doing stuff thats not very good and being remembered for that.

It's easy to fall into the trap of just cranking out things that are good enough to sell.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.

Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If I'd only started sooner, I'd have been able to produce something excellent."

I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.

I always see what's... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see what's wrong. I never see what's right. It's not a recipe for happiness.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

I have a rare form of body dysmorphia in which I absolutely can't stand how good I look.

if you make waffles, throw out the first one.