Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.

I'm afraid I'm a complete workaholic perfectionist.

I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.

The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad.

I'm a perfectionist. It's a big pain in the ass and it takes a lot of my time, but it really is going well and I have to do my own things.

I am obsessively bent on quality - to an unhealthy degree.

In France, we have a mania for meetings that start very early and finish very late. It wastes time and creates rigidity in schedules. Everyone knows I hate long meetings.

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

I am a perfectionist and the only reason why I started producing is because I didn't want to argue with a producer.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

I think that I set such high standards for myself that sometimes I expect other people to live up to these standards, and it's not fair because they're not setting the same goals for themselves.

Really, the amount of work I do on a project, I will torture myself.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

I've always been critical about my work. It pushes me to work harder.

Chasing perfection can make you go mad.

I don't think there's any such thing as perfection. But I'm a perfectionist. I don't believe in the idea of perfection, but I will strive to achieve it.

I'm supposed to be perfect.

If you start imagining an audience for yourself, you don't do justice to the job. You fall into that trap of a self-image.

Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.