Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.

Every one of us at Pixar is worried that we're going to be the one to make the dud.

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

When I create something, it's got to be special, and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy.

If I'm not happy with the quality of something I'm working on, I won't put it out. That does not mean that others won't question the quality.

I don't like doing substandard work... I can't sleep at night if I make a bad song.

Unless I can do myself justice and play well, I'm not going to play.

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just can't do it. I'm very happy about all the films I haven't done.

There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.

I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.

I think I'm slightly OCD. I'll be desperate to get a part, but as soon as I do, the sense of pride wears off almost immediately, and fear of not doing a good job sets in. I'll think, 'This is a dream come true,' and then, 'It's not OK until I get a good review.'

No book I publish will be perfect, but I need to feel I've taken it as far as I can.

I will always be my hardest critic. Nobody else will ever be able to come at something I do harder than I come at myself.

And I think the first LP was perhaps too precious. It was our life's work up to that point; there was so much pain in trying to make the perfect statement. We couldn't relax and I think most people missed what we were trying to say.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

I'm controlling over anything I create. I'm very precious about it.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

I am very hard on myself. I know the slightest loss of concentration, the slightest mistake will be punished. I try to limit it as much as possible.

I'm just a manga artist, so I can't stand being scrutinized.

Once I finish something, if I don't feel that it's absolutely fabulous, there's no way I would ever let it be recorded, I wouldn't even present it to a producer.

I'm very demanding of myself.