Alex Graves Quotes

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

Feeling stupid is a terrible feeling.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

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

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

Boy, I feel more and more undeserving each moment !!

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

I was wracked with insecurity.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I always thought everybody else was better than me.

It's so funny because all those years I was working, I basically always felt that whatever job I was doing would probably be the last one I would get. I really never thought that I stacked up with the other girls.

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.

I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

We all feel disabled in some way. We all feel imperfect. It's hard to be looked at for various reasons.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.