Richelle Mead Quotes

You can't have a conversation with someone who's intimidated by you all the time.

Self-doubt kills talent.

I'm not a great writer.

I can't act!

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

I do everything all wrong, but I think for me that's the best, because I don't think I have a voice.

Some women can feel under-qualified due to a general lack of confidence whereas, in fact, they are uniquely qualified.

What makes anyone think that I'm any good?

We all have skills, I guess.

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

Hard to feel confident when you’re surrounded by horse-sized wolves. Emmett Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 39, p.745

Where confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.

Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle." "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly.

We walk into a bar, and you're aware of all the eyes on you. We walk into a bar, and I'm aware of all the eyes on you, too. For you, this translate into confidence. But me? All I can feel is doubt.

"Are you trying to tell me that you've never been kissed?" I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. He looked so dubious, and his tone had bordered on insulting. "Yeah. So?" "So, I'm shocked, that's all. You're...you." In-sul-ting. "Me?" I asked stiffly. "Yeah. Hot," he said. Wait. Me? Hot? He laughed down at me. "No one's told you that, either, have they?" I could only shake my head. "You've clearly been hanging around idiots."

What was I like? I had a high-pitched voice. Sounded a bit like a girl. Spoke with a Stoke accent, tremendously naive. Overconfident. Tremendously overconfident. And underconfident at the same time - really, really bad combination! Gets you places, though.

People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

I don't find myself as sexy as everyone thinks. I'm a lot more insecure than people would assume, but with little stupid things. When I get dressed, I'm always so indecisive.

Never having discovered qualities in myself which could attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me.