Karl Pilkington Quotes

For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like much but it's actually pretty hard to manage. Because I'm not allowed to do a make-up day. I can't do two pages the next day. The punishment for not completing my page is that I have to eat a vegetarian meal the next day.

I always kept a diary - not a diary like, 'Dear Diary, we got up at 5 A.M., and I wore the weird hair again and that white dress! Hi-yeee!' I'd just write.

I'm sure it won't surprise you to learn that I kept a diary - actually, quite a number of them over the years.

Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.

I've never cancelled any public appearance, simply because that's what my life is; it's doing my work, and I never want to stop doing my work unless it becomes impossible for me to do it.

I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day.

I've always, for whatever my faults have been, felt like I've never done anything halfway.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

A diary means yes indeed.

The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.

I am very rigorous with myself.

I still can't manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I've kept a diary since I was 11.