Quotes About Passion

Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.

My thing is music, period.

When you are a real artist who is serious about your craft, you love good music. Period.

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.

For me, my favourite music was things like The Bee Gees, ABBA and 'The White Album.' The 70s is the period that I love more than anything.

I just love food, period.

I'm a fan of good music, period.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!

I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline, really. If it becomes a discipline, it becomes a chore, and that's no good. To make art you need to be inspired.

I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.

I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.

I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese.

Cricket keeps me away from classes, and home, for long periods at a time. But talking to friends and family helps, it is a sacrifice I have to make, because I love cricket.

What I like about climbing that it's so broad. For certain periods I can focus on sport climbing and then I can shift my focus more on the bouldering or I can shift my focus on climbing in the mountains.

It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is to sort out what's important and what is peripheral in order to be able to dive in.

Music is my breath, blood and food - without music I would perish; the actor in me would die.

In 1957, I decided: write or perish.

I was a big, big fan of Jimmy Burton. Anything with him on, I used to perk up and listen to it over and over and over again.

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it. But I have started to be like, 'I only want to do things that I want to do,' and writing has afforded me the luxury.

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

Football will always be part of my life. I've taken an interest in it since I was a young boy; my father played, as did I, and I never miss the chance to organise a little match with my friends when my schedule permits it. I also follow the results of the major European leagues quite closely.