Frank Herbert Quotes

If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.

I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

You give a hundred percent of yourself to a film and then move on.

An album is a project with which you have to hit hard.

It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.

Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.' Each discipline I approach as a major undertaking that I put my whole self into.

When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.

The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.

When I'm working on a movie, I will make any sacrifice to finish it.

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.

When I'm in the studio, I stay in the studio, like, sometimes 20 hours out the day.

Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work. The blessing with the arts is that you can do it forever.

I really feel like you shouldn't make a movie as a kind of exercise. You have to be all the way in.

Give your 100 per cent. Whether you are working or with family and friends. Even if you are sleeping, you should give it your 100 per cent.

I try to be committed, always. When I do something, I like to do it 100 per cent.

'Siya Ke Ram' will leave us with hardly any scope to think of other projects. And I wouldn't want to work on something and not be whole-hearted in it, either.

I'm relentless when it comes to writing and recording.

For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

Whether it is your work, your love, or your life - unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never know what it is.

I just love making music. I always stay in the studio. Making music is my main focus.

When you're a director, for two years or at least a year and a half, that's what your life is. So if you're gonna do it, you gotta be ready to do it and it has to be something you care about. I've found something that I do care about.