Maurice Sendak Quotes

I want to know everything there is to know about a specific area. And it's winning at that mastery that really drives me. I want to be best at something. I don't even know what 'this' is, but there's this inner drive to be the best.

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done.

I'm never happy with my performance.

I want to do everything and be good at it.

I'm never really happy with anything I do.

I'm never happy with my work. I always go back home thinking I could have done so so much better.

I'm constantly unsatisfied with any situation, which is both good and bad, because never being fully happy drives me to better every day... but I don't enjoy the things that I do even when I do them great.

It's a blessing and a curse, 'cause I'm never satisfied, so I continually want to outdo myself. But still, I'm never happy.

I'm not satisfied with anything I do.

I have this problem where I'm never satisfied with what I do.

A fear of not being good enough? But that's what drives me.

I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.

The only pressure I experience is the pressure I put on myself. I demand a lot from myself.

I wasn't playing at Arsenal, and I was frustrated. I was doing everything I could do, looking after myself, scoring, and playing in the Europa League then when the cup came, but it wasn't enough for me, and I wanted more.

I hate all of my own matches. I hate all of my own work. I am my worst critic.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.

I put pressure on myself because I want to be the best player.

Even if we artists are all very privileged, there's a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being satisfied.

I'm never content, and I don't know if that's a curse or a good thing.

If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.

I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.

I'm never happy to settle.

I have dreams where everything will disappear or go away, so I'm always working harder each year.

I've tried to figure out ways to be less pleased other than the search for perfection. Talk about a thing that'll make you have a miserable life. On that quest, on that journey, down that path, there's a lot of feelings of, 'Why am I doing all this?'