Sam Abell Quotes

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.

When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.

I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel.

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

God created man, but I could do better.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade.

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

I'm not a perfect human being.

When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

Strong people have strong weaknesses.

If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense..

It's easy to point out the evil in other people, but that can be found in all of us. That selfishness, that is something we all have in us. Sometimes you are successful at dealing with it, and sometimes you are not.

I would like to believe that I am a collaborative actor. That's why I love all the directors I have worked with in recent times, as they are all collaborative directors. I think my constant desire is to keep bettering my own work. I don't get easily satisfied with my work; I am very critical of it. I learn from my mistakes.

No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.

It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.

I have no conceit as a writer; in fact, I find it very difficult to start writing about sculpture generally & my aims in particular.

I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.

I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn't exist in real life. It's a wrong title for me.