Alain de Botton Quotes

Especially a new role, it takes a long time for me to settle into a role but it's exciting as well.

What I don't know for sure is what's next for me - and I don't mind that. I know for sure that whatever happens will be interesting and will challenge and excite me.

The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.

I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before.

For me, anything that you take on, you want to be challenged. That's what makes the job exciting.

Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk.

I want to fill my life with as much awesome stuff as I can.

I see some people stay in one place because it's convenient or it's comfortable. But they're missing out on their passion.

The more difficult the role, the more I am loving it.

It is always thrilling to attempt something new and it feels great when your efforts are awarded positively.

I think, in general, the sport's frustrating because I think it's one of only a few sports in the world where you've got so many other variables. Not taking anything away from the winner, but the best man doesn't always win. I think part of that makes the sport really exciting, and part of it makes it heartbreaking.

For growth, I need to be challenged and excited about the project. I need to venture out into unknown territories.

I'm just so made up that I said yes to 'Strictly.' It has been one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history

I think if I pick the right thing to spend my time doing, then time moves differently, because I really can get fully immersed in things and feel very alive and challenged, but in a good way. I feel a sense of progress.

I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.

Anytime you get out of your comfort zone and you have to do something that you're not comfortable doing and that you're not real sure of yourself in, there's an exhilaration that comes along with that. I get off on it, so that's why I enjoy making movies.

I think that we, as writers, get excited by risk. When we are feeling comfortable and familiar, I wouldn't say that we get bored, but the energy in the room gets flat. When we're most excited and when the show is the most fun, it's when we're duking things out.

You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes.

If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity.

I'm still fighting to get the things I want and to do the projects I want to do. I think it will always be a fight or a challenge, but not being in my comfort zone keeps me very excited and happy.

A writer should always feel like he's in over his head

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.