Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.
The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
I am very fussy; I am very detailed; I nag a lot. So in a sense, I am like Mr. Ping. I am temperamental, I am emotional, I'm fussy, and I'm very exact. And I want people to not fail; I want them to execute - all those things Mr. Ping wants in other people. Or animals.
My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist.
I don't like being the center of attention.
My personality doesn't interest me.
Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
Aggression is something that is a part of me, and I'm never going to take that out of my game.
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