Quotes About Self-criticism

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.

When I was first getting into the guitar, I played it incessantly. I lived it, breathed it, ate it, and slept it. I was also extremely self-critical, so from early on, I made sure to develop good playing habits - I constantly strove to sound in tune and have a great tone, and to play cleanly and in time.

Look, I'm my own worst critic. I've made mistakes in areas that I need to improve - most notably, turning the ball over.

It was horrible having to watch myself on TV. I think I would have had a much better time if I didn't take it so seriously.

My toughest criticism usually comes from myself. As my editor can attest to, I'm never done tweaking a book until the production department has to rip it from my hands!

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

The reason I say I'm a horrible person is I don't want myself to be presented as somebody who's a great Catholic.

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.

You always think you can do better. No question about that. In a way, you want to try and do every aspect better.

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I want to improve with every book.

I'll kind of tend to beat myself up because I just want it to sound better than better.

I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destroy everything, because you think it all sucks and you can do it better.

It is surely true that few people like to consider themselves enemies of thought and culture. Bush, after all, called himself the "education president" with a straight face while simultaneously declaring, without a trace of self-consciousness or self-criticism, that he rarely read newspapers because that would expose him to "opinions.

I do possess a certain rigidity, a certain prudishness. I hate it in myself.

Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.

I'm not a fan of the sound quality of our first album, because there's a noise in my head.

Of all the judgements we pass, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves. I recall discussing the issue

In short, the almost torpid creatures of my own fancy twitted me with imbecility, and not without fair occasion.

What's wrong is that I am a GIANT HUNK OF SHIT!

DESPITE THE quiet in his apartment, however, and Edie's salutary presence, he couldn't get anywhere on Breakfast of Champions. Many of the pages had been discarded from the manuscript of Slaughterhouse-Five, and he was trying to salvage them. Even so, Vonnegut thought his new novel was so asinine it embarrassed him.150