Veronica Roth Quotes

I lost my confidence.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.

I doubted myself for a long time.

What makes anyone think that I'm any good?

I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

I don't know how to drive a car. The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing.

I feel intimidated by fashion.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

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

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

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost.

The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and experience, but we are afraid we aren't good enough because we have such high expectations.

I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what you're doing.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that to a certain extent, but you don't have to think you're an idiot savant.

Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.

If, by chance, you were to meet me at the Casablanca airport or on a boat sailing from Tangiers, you would think me self-confident, but I am not. Even now, at my age, I am frightened when crossing borders because I am afraid of failing to understand strangers.

There's times where you think, 'Gosh, what if nobody ever wants to hear what I have to say?'