Robert Sheckley Quotes

There's always something that you go 'I should've done this better, I would've done that.'

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'

I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?'

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

I've never made a perfect speech or a perfect anything. I always think after, I should have done it that way or this way.

There's no doubt that probably at least once a week, maybe once a day, I said, "Ah, I should have done that better."

I'm a bit rubbish at knowing when something is good. But if it goes out and I can say, "I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be", then I'll be happy. Until then, I'll be thinking, "I shouldn't be here!"

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.

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

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'