When I'm considering an idea, and there is an element of hubris involved, I generally feel comfortable that it's going to be a good story. Pride goeth before a fall. It's an element of a lot of big stories.
Every new industry has exuberance in advance of reality. The techies get carried away. There is a period of despair. Then the pendulum swings the other way, and people see the long term potential. It's like when the Internet bubble crashed.
There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
I've been a fool to allow dreams to become great expectations.
Maybe I see things too naively at times.
I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it.
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Hollywood, they love everything, but they move like molasses. They'll option anything - the worst idea in the world will get optioned just because they want to keep the other person from getting that idea.
Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
One swallow maketh not summer.
The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.
False confidence is false confidence.
You don't want a team going around the league just thinking they can beat you by 30, 40 points every time that you play them.
Always beware your moment of triumphalism: such emotions are a poor steer on the future.
When you are too confident, that's when you hurt yourself.
When I made my first film, I was arrogant and over-confident.
The guys who play at a high level probably think they are better than they are, and that's all right.
