Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
It's an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That's just rubbish, basically.
When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.
I think that's our problem in Europe: we used to be a bit negative on everything. That's good sometimes, but when it's too much... It's not good.
I'm not a 'but' man. Nothing good ever comes of that word.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
The 'Okay-I'll-give-it-a-try-but-I-don't-think-it-will-work' attitude produces failures.
We should not pour muck on ourselves.