The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I can find out something about myself. Writers have this narcissistic obsession about how we got to be who we are. I have to understand my ancestors - my father, his mother and her mother - to understand who I am. It all leads back to the narcissistic pleasure of discovering yourself.
Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us.
We are addicted to money and our obsession with it is leading to the destruction of our planet.
What's so beautiful about breasts is their uniqueness. I don't understand the obsession with fakeness. It's a very odd thing, isn't it, to prefer fake and big to small and unique or just beautiful and real.
It's a silly thing, but I like to understand people through their obsessions.
I only have one obsession - not to be boring.
I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top.
In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.
I don't see how you can create and not have the feeling that it is the most important, all-consuming thing.
In the U. K. , there is a sort of obsession with class.
Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the feeling that everything else doesn't matter.
The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.
People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.
What matters to me is that one identifies one's genuine obsessions, one's genuine commitments, one's genuine appetites, one pursues them seriously and far.
The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
Do you agree that when theres tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.
Each obsession is a knot in your being. Once it is opened, great energy is released
I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession.
You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.