Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills.
One of my big fears is drying up, and the more I create, the more I feel myself shrinking beneath the backlog of work I've done.
When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing.
Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.
I can't sleep in my makeup. Sometimes I'll be really lazy and try to not think about it and just fall asleep, but I have to take it off and as soon as possible. Sometimes it'll be quick.
Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
A lot of times when I'm not at work I like to let my face breath and not put makeup on.
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