Quotes About Self-doubt

At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I'm afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

There's no such thing as writer's block, she proclaimed. If you can't write it's because you don't have anything to say. Or you're avoiding something.

Don't you ever get scared?" I ask. "Of what?" She says. "Of not being good enough." "You mean at writing?" L'il asks. I nod. "What if I'm the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I'm fooling myself-" "Oh, Carrie." She smiles. "Don't you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job.

We're obsessed with filling in the blank for a Mad Libs line that goes: _____ makes us human. Why? Scratch and sniff the what makes us human obsession and you get a strong whiff of something that could fit into that blank: our insecurity.

Worrying is betting against yourself.

MarkBaynard: [...] When you wrote yr 1st book, did U ever dream it was going to be welcomed by the world w/open arms? Abby_Donovan: I didn't write it for the world. I wrote it for me. MarkBaynard: Then that's what you need to do again. Write yourself another book. Abby_Donovan: But I know in my heart I'll never write anything as good as that book. MarkBaynard: [...] It doesn't matter what you write as long as you stop beating yourself up about not writing and start writing.

Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.

He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind him and shouting at him.

She was so confused. No, she wasn't.

Am I reduced to the indignity of examples?

To be completely honest, I never thought I could become a model growing up. I actually wanted to be an entertainment journalist.

Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am I bad, am I being judged, who likes me, who doesn't like me...'

When I was younger, I had a fear of being judged as a footballer, and my worst fear was feeling like I didn't belong at the level of football I was playing.

We're all the harshest judges of ourselves.

You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.

I moved out to L.A. and had my son and was walking around Gelson's, and I was like, 'Am I just one giant, lactating boob? Is that what I've become?'

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

Im too keen for people to like me. If I didnt care so much, I would be more decisive. I spend a lot of time concerning myself with what other people will think of my actions, which makes me very indecisive.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.