Jennifer Gilmore Quotes

I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard.

I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things.

The worst time for me is in the final few hours of taking a track that you've worked on for two years and bouncing it down to the final stereo mix. The overwhelming emotion for me is complete and utter fear that I've made a mistake. I'm scared. Afterward, I obsess endlessly about it.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.

I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane.

No, I'm not very productive at all. I'm probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I'm someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I'll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days.

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

I honestly think I'm the kind of person that is driven by fear of failure rather than striving for success. I tend to go to bed scared and wake up terrified.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

You always feel like a hack and a fraud when you're writing. It's just how it goes.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

Begin to wonder what you do write about. Or if you have anything to say. Or even if there is such a thing as a thing to say. Limit these thoughts to no more than ten minutes a day; like sit-ups, they can make you thin

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be. But, the key is overcoming fear.

In my twenties, I was a bit of a worrier; it bothered me what people thought of me, what job I was doing.

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.