Samuel R. Delany Quotes

Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.

Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.

Desire is the key to motivation.

I wanted things. Whatever it cost and whatever it took, I would do it. And that's it.

Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration.

Desire creates the power.

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It's like something in your blood that you have to do.

A man must earnestly want.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.

When you really want a role, you just put your soul in it.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it.

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.