Julia Hartz Quotes

I have an obsession with details and pattern.

I'm very detail-oriented, which is good and bad. Because I will wake up in the middle of the night thinking about something or seeing a mistake, thinking about it, and I immediately send an email - I'm very focused on details.

I'm pretty OCD. I like to fine-tune every single detail. I think that's a habit built maybe from me being OCD.

I'm obsessively detail-oriented.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

I have no organisational skills. All my energy goes into worry - worrying takes a lot of energy.

Everything that David Chase does has a tremendous amount of specificity. He is very detail oriented.

Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.

When I was younger, I used to bite my nails so bad. I used to play sports; I played, like, every sport. I would be playing soccer, and I'd be in the middle of the field just zoned out, biting my nails, and I'd, like, miss the ball going past me.

I do want people to have a sense of just the extreme level of meticulousness and care that goes into everything. I wouldn't expect anybody to catch all the details of what I'm doing. The level of obsession is so extreme.

I always think about the small details because I need to improve more and more.

If you concentrate on action and forget the results, you actually perform much better, because then you are not worried what will happen.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

I'm psychotically involved in every tiny little aspect. That's just the way I've been about everything my whole life.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.

Most people think that intelligence is about brain, where really it's about focus. Genius is just attention to a subject until it becomes specific, specific, specific.

I definitely pay attention to details. I think one of the hardest things about making a movie is that it can be scrutinized over and over again. If anything just isn't right, it's going to take you out of the film.

You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about what you're going to dance the next day, going over every little detail.

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

When conscious activity is wholly concentrated on some one definite purpose, the ultimate result, for most people, is lack of balance accompanied by some form of nervous disorder.

Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.

I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you have to be conscious of it and use that fear to drive you to work harder.