Eminem Quotes

A lot of times, I don't want to listen to my stuff, because I'm thinking maybe I didn't do my best.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear, 'It needs to be better.'

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

I can't stand to watch anything that I'm in. I tear it apart. The worst thing you can do is leave me alone and let me watch what I'm in. It's abusive.

I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I have a hard time sometimes watching my own work.

If you're a writer, you're constantly doubting yourself.

I'm never happy with the work I put in. No. I need to be told by my director and people around me that it is fine. Otherwise, I'll even go, like, 'One more take.'

I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.

I don't watch my old films like 'Roja,' 'Dil Se' because I only see mistakes. I see five minutes of the film and I am scared I will start finding mistakes in them.

It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.

As a typical creative, I am all ego and insecurity!

I write a lyric, but when I reread it, I think it's awful and either hide it or crumple it up.

Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.