Kate DiCamillo Quotes

I think every time you go to do something, it's a challenge. Somebody said to me, 'You've done it all. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?' I said, 'I'd do everything I did better.'

I don't know if I'll ever be as good as I was when I started Kogi, but I strive for that.

You have to look back on everything that you've done and critique yourself and find the holes in your game that you can continue to get better.

I don't feel like congratulating myself, because I know there's still a lot of room for improvement.

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.

For our improvement we need a mirror.

You always look for certain things you can do better and what went wrong.

You're always looking where you could do better.

I have to accept constructive criticism.

I'll never be satisfied with where my game is. I always think I can get better.

I never feel like anything I have done is perfect. I feel like there is always room for improvement.

I know when I'm good and when there are a few things I need to iron out.

You review a game. You don't brush over anything you did well and look at anything you could improve. There's stuff to get better at, it's not hard to find.

Always it is important to improve.

Most good work is a combination of parts you love and parts you could do better. My constant mantra is, 'Next time, next time, next time.'

We record Dream Theater shows and I'll sit on the bus and listen to my playing - what worked, what didn't. A lot of times it's embarrassing and humbling, but that's what you have to do to get better.

The only reason I look back is to check if I've been doing something wrong. I look at things from even three years ago and think, 'I wouldn't do that now.' Your life changes.

The great thing about a reboot is, you can learn from the past if you care enough.

Does any woman ever count the grains of her harvest and say: Good enough? Or does one always think of what more one might have laid in, had the labor been harder, the ambition more vast, the choices more sage?

I look at my older writing to see where my weaknesses are and then I try to address those weaknesses and make new mistakes.

You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

You've got to let it go and say it was the best I could do at that time and place in my life. You hope that the thing you're doing next is a little bit better.