David Lipsky Quotes

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.

I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.

I always wanted to be a Broadway girl. But once I got Tony-nominated, it really messed with me, because it was like, yes, I'm getting this affirmation that you're right where you're supposed to be, but there was still this voice saying, 'You're not good enough.'

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment - I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Sometimes people don't want to be empowered because they are afraid of being the person to make the decisions.

The idea of someone not liking me or not liking my movie was always easier to deal with than someone really liking it. I don't know why.

There's some bohemian part of me where the idea of falling back on something meant I expected to fail.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.

The only person holding you back is you.

The greatest enemy one ever faces is one's own self.

Each time you take a good picture, you have the wonderful feeling of exhilaration... and almost instantly, the flip side. You have this terrible, terrible anxiety that you've just taken your last good picture.

I've held myself back a lot for a lack of confidence.

I was scared of failing, and I was scared of succeeding. I just wanted to be in a safe space and not grow too big or be too little.

I was very afraid of failure because if you fail at something you love, then you ruin what you love.

Nothing's holding me back. If I'm held back, the only thing holding me back was me.

The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.

Nobody can stop you more than you can stop yourself.

I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen.

Somewhere my dad gave up. He was really so successful at his level that after a point he could not handle failure.

You know how you get close to something you want and then you start doing things to ensure that you don't quite get it? I did a lot of that.

I don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed.

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.

Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice.

A lot of people are afraid of winning. I was afraid I might not win.