Ayelet Waldman Quotes

To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.

I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

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.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

If it's about work or sports or politics or women, we have no problem sharing our opinions, but if it's about our insecurities or our struggles, our fear of failure, then it's almost like we become paralyzed.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

I do ask myself why I make people so enraged, because I only ever say what I think. And while I know it might not be everyone's point of view, that doesn't seem particularly intolerable to me.

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

If you're not vulnerable, and you're too headstrong and clear about the path you want to take, it won't help you grow. Vulnerability doesn't have to be a negative thing. If you take the right spin on it, it can be extremely positive.

We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.

I am who I am, and I'm not going to tell someone I don't have the worldview I have. That doesn't mean I'm not open-minded and won't meet with anybody.

When someone praises me, I get wary. If someone has something negative to say, I invite them over for a long chat. They are important for my growth as an actor.

If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying!

I live my life in a very peculiar way where nothing gets my goat as such. I don't look at things in a manner where they offend me. I look at things in a manner where they amuse me.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

We need more people like me who are real and aren't afraid to take a little criticism.