Quotes About Dedication

I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs.

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

The bar was very high-we had to really make sure that we got what we really wanted, that it was a real finished album. We weren't going to give up until we got that.

The fans have played a massive part in getting us to where we are, but the job's not finished.

My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done.

I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.

When I sit down I write very fast... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well.

I write until the first draft is finished, and then I feel that I can get out. But, during the time of the writing of the first draft, I don't go out. I'm just locked away, writing. It's a time of meditation, of going into the story.

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.

I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire.

I finished 'America America,' and I knew I had to write another book, not just for personal reasons but because I had a contract.

I like making movies and would like to make it my career when I'm finished playing football.

There are those people who try to change what you're doing. We don't like that. When we went into the studio for 'City of Evil,' we had 99 percent of the songs finished and ready to record.

When 'Games of Thrones' is finished, I'm not one to go on about it too long and rest on one's laurels. The stuff that interests me is the work.

Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.

I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing.

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

While writing, I'm always so happy in the middle of a book or finishing a book and really hate starting them, so I often think, 'I wish I had a really big book to write to which I could devote seven years of my life.'

If I make a film like 'Better Luck Tomorrow' or 'Finishing the Game,' I'll protect it with everything I have.

I need to improve my finishing. I need more goals.

I've always believed in finishing where you started. I think there's a lot to be said with that.

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that.