Sarah Dessen Quotes

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.

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 doubted myself for a long time.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

Have I gone too far?

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.

Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Every word I write I suspect the next day.

Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.

I am very self-doubting; it has come out of experience.

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

Everybody doubts themselves. Every writer doubts themselves, every artist doubts himself, and every football player does.

I am always in self-doubt... every moment of my filmmaking. I am supremely confident when the story is being written and everything is in our head. But the moment we get into the filmmaking, I start doubting myself - from the camera angle to the re-recording to getting the actors to do their shots.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.