Natalie Goldberg Quotes

I'm always just very nervous. I never feel like, 'I've got this'. I'm always very nervous and aware of how quickly people can hate you and that scares me. I never feel like I'm on top of it or I know what I'm doing... so, no. I never get a big head, I just get more and more anxious.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me.

By some fluke, my folks forgot to ask me the question most crucial to ensuring a lifetime of self-doubt: 'What if you fail?

Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous.

I have a fear of failure.

Indecision is the seedling of fear.

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.

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

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.

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

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

I lost my confidence.

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

Self-doubt kills talent.

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

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities.

Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

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

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

I wasn't the most confident kid in school and college.