Quotes: Obsession

Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless.

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine – what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.

I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession.

The painter’s obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it’s become increasingly sweeter for me.

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.