Alex Garland Quotes

The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.

I just get bored really quickly and want to push myself to the next level.

I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

There's a bit of me that always feels like, 'What's next? How can I get better?'

I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.

Have you ever played a video game that didn't have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills.

I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

I have a strong feeling that I shall be glad when I am dead and done for - scrapped at last to make room for somebody better, cleverer, more perfect than myself.

Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.

I see myself out of my own eyes, which means I have no idea what's going on the other way around. I just think I try to be a good person - and I fail.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

I still have a lot to learn, and I still have a lot to prove.

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I don't feel I'm the best at doing.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

I want to learn and challenge myself and grow.

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

The fact is I still have quite a few good years in front of me. I still improve.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

I need to live in new shoes and not be a dancer.

I am not as bad as people would suggest. Not as good as I would like to be.