Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.
The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.
I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.
I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.
When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.
At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.
I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.
Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.
I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.
I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.
I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know.
In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.
