David Slade Quotes

I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

It's very, very difficult when you have to prepare for something that might not ever happen.

Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

Sometimes you feel like it's cursed when something takes so long to come out and you don't know if it's going to really come out.

The comedy seeds were planted before the Marine seeds. The thought of comedy never happening was scary. When you have a plan, you never know what will happen.

Insecurity is such a waste of time.

You are never quite sure how it will go, and even after a thousand games or so, that tense feeling is still there.

You never know what's going to happen in the draft. You just wait until your name gets called and then things happen.

I always get nervous. It's usually a good thing. I worry about the nights that I'm not nervous, actually.

You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.

Speaking can be a lot like exercise: The more time you spend getting ready, the more you mentally build the task into something larger than it actually is.

So many people worry about something that never actually happens and you spend all your time worrying and living in fear.

I'm such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it's happening. I'm thinking about how to get the next thing right.

I was petrified about 'I'm in You.' I couldn't wait to get it done to know whether it was good or not.