Hilton Als Quotes

Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.

When it comes to awards and things like that - I don't know why - I just always sit in amazement and never really expect it.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.

We don't take credit for our accomplishments. I can't tell you how many times you'll say to a woman, 'Oh God, what you did was so great', and they say, 'Really? I didn't think it was that good.'

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

To this day I do not believe I'm great at anything.

I never think I am successful. If I am successful, then I should be retired.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it.

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest.

I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.

I'm sure there are some things I'm not good at.

There are some people who feel that they deserve a particular award or recognition, but I don't fall in that category.

I feel like my name completely does not belong on that list [of great athlets], but I'm completely grateful for everything that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have done.

The fact that I'm getting appreciated and praised alone is a crazy moment because I never thought it would happen.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.