William Gibson Quotes

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

There was this real fear in doing 'Square Pegs' after getting such a fast ride to glory on 'Saturday Night Live'. I was afraid that the word would be 'peaks early, fails to live up to promise.'

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.

I feel like everything will be a letdown after 'You're The Worst.' It was such a great experience.

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

A lot of actors, and artists in general, never feel secure in love. They always feel everything's going to be taken away from them, professionally and personally; they're extremely emotional and volatile.

Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

I have spent my whole career worrying that the big bad pop monster was going to eat me when I wasn't looking.

You don't want to disappoint, or feel like you're trying to recreate the magic of something.

I've always felt that I wanted to make a Marvel film... I just want to make sure I'm not making an episode.

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

Make movies that you want to go and watch in a theatre.

Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

My biggest fault is that I give people too much credit. Then they let you down. I'm 99.9 per cent perfect - that's how I look at myself and, therefore, everybody else too.

I've always been really hard on myself. If I didn't book a job, I would cry.

I make movies to be watched the way I want to watch them, and I want to watch them in movie theatres.

I don't think it's right to define films as commercial or art house. What's important is that a film evokes a certain emotion when it's being watched.

Because I've always been more afraid of writing than I have of doing anything visually such as directing or acting.

We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. An yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching.

Life is a lemon and I want my money back.

I was national amateur champion. I was 24 years old. My father was there, and I couldn't wait to see him, and my mother. I went up and was waiting for all the accolades, and my mom was teary and happy and my dad looked at me and said, "Well, boy, you did good," and that was it.

Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn’t. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.