Robert Crumb Quotes

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

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

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

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.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Sometimes I feel I don't know even know how to run.

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

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

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.

I'm the worst at making decisions!

I'm not nearly as brave and confident in some of the ways that I think stand-ups are.

I'm not good with decisions.

It's daunting doing something you haven't done before - you feel silly; you feel like a bit of an idiot.

I doubted myself for a long time.

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.

If you don't have the confidence, it doesn't matter what you do, you're always second-guessing yourself.

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.