David Hewlett Quotes

Doubt is the brother of shame.

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.

It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.

I have a natural instinct to feel guilty and that I've let people down. I've apologized in more songs than 'Back to the Shack.' Going back to our second record, the closing lines are 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' It's definitely part of my personality.

I can't stand reading anything that I've said.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'

Most of the worst things said about me, I've said myself.

I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed to do that remain with me as sources of embarrassment.

Decree of Self-Reproach

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.

Everything is my fault when you're me. I don't know why.

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?