Paul McCartney Quotes

My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' . . . I think that's almost worse than death.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they're not good enough, too.

I would look at my profile and be like, 'Look at this girl! She has, like, the most perfect life!' and I would feel so guilty for not feeling blessed all the time.

I'm such a self-critic, that I find it hard to give myself credit for something.

I needed to turn off the negative voice in my head - I was psyching myself out.

Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the pride and joy of their parents-should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me.

The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image.

Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top.

It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.

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.

For me personally it is because I get an awful amount of success and I don't think I deserve it and then I want to sabotage it.

You succeed and accomplish and accomplish; the problem is when you stop, you become depressed because you could never do enough.

I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

We have no faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.

I want to be good all the time, so I feel anxious. But if you weren't like that, you'd be dead, wouldn't you? If you went out happy down the road, la la la. I've never been like that. I don't want to be.

It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.