Owen King Quotes

We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.

I never wanted 'Toy Story 3' to feel like another sequel just grafted on. We all know that if you put 3 after your title, it typically means garbage, and we knew that going in.

Sometimes, waiting for too long for the right film may fall flat.

I think the moment you're convinced something's going to be good is the moment that it's not going to be.

We knew no matter how well 'Phir Hera Pheri' does, it would always be compared to 'Hera Pheri.' Yet, we took it as a challenge.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

I feel like everything will be a letdown after 'You're The Worst.' It was such a great experience.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

Nothing keeps its promise.

'Wild at Heart' created a set of expectations maybe, partly, on my part, certainly on my publisher's part, but also in the world out there, that my next books would be as remarkable.

Being number two sucks.

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.

Usually, with the work I've done, by the end, I usually feel like it's a failure. It doesn't matter how it's received.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

Everything's not always perfect.

I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes.

A lot of people wanted 'The Hardline, Part II,' and there was no way I was going to do that.

It has happened many a times where I have taken a project and wasn't happy about it.

The response to 'A Head Full of Ghosts' has been amazing and thrilling. I'd be lying if I said I don't feel a little extra pressure trying to follow it up.

I think Valentine's Day is one of those holidays like New Year's where people develop such high expectations that even if it's a decent day, it doesn't live up, and it's disappointing.

I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.'

Haircuts are never good. You always end up being unhappy.

I've got a lot of silvers. Second seems to be something I end up being. I don't want to be the bridesmaid forever.

When I look at my films, all I see is everything that went wrong.

I absolutely feel that Rage failed.