Bother Quote by Julian Barnes

The motivations I had for being successful were somewhat dysfunctional.

— Molly Bloom

What some people wanted was sometimes too hard to get, and the stress of trying was sometimes too hard to deal with... Maybe doing…

— Walter Dean Myers

Rather than enjoying my success I was stressing about it. Wanting it, but at the same time I couldn't handle the consequences. I was…

— Ashley Walters

Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.

— Rahm Emanuel

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own…

— Martin Lawrence

For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.

— Dominick Dunne

I needed to give back, give back, give back. I felt guilty about my success. I felt uncomfortable about how easily I had been…

— Pete Townshend

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

— Al Purdy

I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't feel like I could talk about…

— Virginia Williams

I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.

— Richelle Mead

And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you…

— Julian Barnes

I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted.

— Trent Reznor