Naomi Alderman Quotes

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.

Perfection, to me, means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Everybody wants to be perfect.

There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.

When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.

The thing with perfection is that it's never perfect.

If you start imagining an audience for yourself, you don't do justice to the job. You fall into that trap of a self-image.

When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

I feel like I've always been a hard worker - working too much on things that I don't need to work on. Nothing's ever going to be perfect, but I still feel like there's this attainable perfection, which doesn't exist.

Everyone is comparing lives on social media and wants the perfect body, perfect image, perfect outfit, perfect life - we're striving for this perfection, and it's so unhealthy because there's no such thing as perfection.

As women we try so hard to be perfect at everything, all the time. It's impossible.

I want to be perfect at everything, knowing I'll never be perfect at it, but that's my goal.

We're in a world and a society where we're all striving for this perfection that doesn't exist.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

Perfect score... it should never happen! There is always room for improvement.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

It is very important not to try too hard because in the past I think I have done that.

There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.