Chris Ware Quotes

I know I have trouble watching my own films.

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.

If you're a writer, you're constantly doubting yourself.

Anxiety and doubt are among my biggest struggles as a writer.

It's tough for me to draw myself - usually way too self-critical.

I am always in self-doubt... every moment of my filmmaking. I am supremely confident when the story is being written and everything is in our head. But the moment we get into the filmmaking, I start doubting myself - from the camera angle to the re-recording to getting the actors to do their shots.

Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move forward. It is a loop-an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight of the whole.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

I don't write well when I'm sitting there sweating about every single phrase.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. I would beat myself up and scrutinise everything. I'm a natural-born worrier.

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

All artists have insecurity.

I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.

Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.

Every word I write I suspect the next day.

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

I have a hard time sometimes watching my own work.

When I do solo material I definitely tend to overthink it. I make a lot of rules for myself that are a little bit arbitrary and... it's just painful.

The truth of the matter is, I worry about nearly every bit I've ever done. I'm very critical of myself.

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