Quotes About Passion

I just ended up focusing on film editing as I was getting my career started. I'm very passionate about editing and will continue to edit for the rest of my career, but it's not like that was all I did and then somehow I grew into directing a movie.

I didn't start really focusing on writing until I was 24.

I'm not really into politics, but if I had my own country, I would make sure all my people were educated and figuring out what they love to do, and focusing on that.

Academically I was never that great and I was not really into school. I don't know, I just really had a problem focusing but singing always came naturally.

I think it was Under-16 when I started really focusing on bowling and trying to work out how I was going to go about my bowling and that sort of thing.

I haven't acted in 10 years. I always talk about being an actor, and yet I've been focusing on making movies for a long time.

I used to think that if I was ever so lucky as to get a book deal that I would write all the time. All day, every day. I'd write three books a year. The truth, though, is that writing all day isn't really feasible. I could do it, but I'd be folding in on a lot of other aspects of my life, things I care about. And I wouldn't be happy.

It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.

I'm actually really obsessed with folk art.

At one stage, I wanted to be a folk singer.

I've always loved Country, folk, and the acoustic end of music.

I liked the Beatles and all the folk rockers.

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

In high school, I got into folk music, and I taught myself guitar. And when The Beatles came out, I got an electric guitar.

Well, I didn't go to Julliard or anything. I'm basically self-taught. When I was younger, I wrote folk songs on a guitar my father gave me.

Concentrate on making beautiful things. Everything else will follow.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

I just follow my heart.

As I change and grow, different things excite me and I just follow where that leads me.

I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.

I don't want to sound too spiritual, but when you are true to yourself and follow through with things that connect with you meaningfully, somehow things fall into place.

My kids, I love it when they tell me, 'Abba, I want to be an artist.' And I say, that is awesome... I just want you to be happy and to follow your heart.

I learned always to follow your heart.