Ruth Rendell Quotes

My brother Paul's really kind of obsessive, and he obsesses over things.

A lot of stuff I do out of pure obsessiveness.

I'll let myself obsess over things.

I know a lot of people with obsessive qualities, and there's a positive and negative part to it. There's the appeal of someone who's so deadly focused on something that they want or desire - there's a dedication and a single-mindedness that's great. But then if it goes on too long it becomes a psychosis. What's the French term for it? Idee fixe.

Romantic love is an addiction.

I become quite obsessive when I get into something.

It really is like a disease. I just couldn't get away from the theater.

I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head.

And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.

Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

With a sinking feeling, I have come to a horrible conclusion: I am addicted to Donald Trump.

I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things.

When he was on the streets, I was consumed with Nic. I was obsessed with him to the point that I could barely function.

Whenever I'm obsessed about anything, that becomes the subject of a song.

I got a bad habit of creating.

Anything that I'm naturally curious about, I get really into. Maybe it's O.C.D. I get really consumed by something until I absorb it, then I'm done with it.

Most people have had that feeling of like, being obsessed with someone, and losing self control a bit, and that hopefully humanises addiction a bit.

People who are obsessed amuse me.

I don't write about anything I haven't been through.

I am quite obsessive by nature.

'Obsession' has a bad rap.

Some people spend their entire lives thinking about one particular famous person. They pick one person who's famous, and they dwell on him or her. They devote almost their entire consciousness to thinking about this person they've never even met, or maybe met once. If you ask any famous person about the kind of mail they get, you'll find that almost every one of them has at least one person who's obsessed with them and writes constantly. It feels so strange to think that someone is spending their whole time thinking about you.

You're an addiction...my obsession.

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself.