Aerin Lauder Quotes

I get extremely detail-oriented. In my most stressed-out days, I get way more focused on those details than anyone should be.

I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking.

You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.

Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off.

When I'm working, I'm insufferable because I get stuck with myself, and suddenly I become obsessive, thinking about how to make something better.

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

Autistic peoples' excellent attention to detail means they may make fewer mistakes, and their narrow focus may mean that they are not satisfied until a task is completed.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

I know I have trouble watching my own films.

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

The dot stands for 'detail' - always be paying attention to detail. I feel that people take you as serious as you take yourself. I spent a lot of time working on my craft, developing my style, and after I came out of my little incubation, I promised that I would pay attention to detail.

Really, the amount of work I do on a project, I will torture myself.

Women tend to overthink things.

I'm constantly trying to become the best. That's kind of how I'm driven. Sometimes I'm not. I kind of focus on when I'm not than when I am. That's probably something I need to switch.

I'm always afraid of making mistakes. I think I was born with that.

Anxiety and doubt are among my biggest struggles as a writer.

I am a thinker, and I do muse over things a lot and am constantly assessing whether I am doing enough or what I should be doing more of to make sure I am not letting anyone down.

I'm such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it's happening. I'm thinking about how to get the next thing right.

I always make things worse than they are or create problems that aren't there. And going and doing some simple task becomes a problem. I start imagining problems that aren't there. What people are going to think, who's going to judge me and am I going to be good enough? Am I worthy?

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.

I'm afraid I'm a complete workaholic perfectionist.

When I was a kid, I was very much a perfectionist, and I had a bunch of different compulsions.