"I don't very often think I've done..." - Quote by Paul Simon
I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
More by Paul Simon
More on Self Criticism
“When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then be seen in reverse, and will appear to be by the hand of some other master, and you will be better able to judge of its faults than in any other way.”
“I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.”
“It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.”
More on Satisfaction
“There is a pleasure in not being pleased.”
“The physical business of writing is unpleasant to me, but the psychic satisfaction of discharging bad ideas in worse English makes me forget it.”
“Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.”