Kayvan Novak Quotes

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

I just want to be proud of my work.

It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you.

It's always been important to me to do work that I'm proud of and be part of stories that I'm proud of, so being on a popular show was never really the goal.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.

I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.

I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.

I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But it just seems extremely unfulfilling to me.

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.

Now I have a very good life and I am very proud of my work.

Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.

I come away from a gig thinking, 'Yeah, I'm worth something.' I can still do it and entertain people, and that's worth it.

I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

I am proud of what I've done.

I'm always so proud of everything I work on. I love seeing it.

I think people who don't work don't really have interesting and meaningful lives. More than anything, it hurts them. When you're born rich, people just associate you with what you've been given, but the truth is every individual feels better when you create something on your own. Everyone takes pride in the work they do.

I find my greatest happiness in thinking of those days in Homestead when I labored to bring a thing to perfection entirely by myself. In the evenings, I would go into the hills and look down on my work, and I knew that it was good, and my heart was elated.

I don't want to put down my work - I'm very proud of the work I've done.

I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.

I feel like I don't really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.

I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.