Dan Harmon Quotes

I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said, 'Richard, calm down.'

It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.

I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well.

I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.

There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then there was this moment on set when I realized I was having a lot of fun, and I really wanted to do this forever. I want to do different stuff, but I want it all to be just as good as this film. I want to be consistent.

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there's nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

I was obsessed from the moment I took my first photograph. I wanted to make photography my career.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

I always wrote, you know, but it was just this thing I did; what I intended was to become a terribly famous artist, perhaps with a stopover as a singer.

There's a lot of obsession about people's personal ambitions.

I think it's just really important for youth today to have a passion and pursue something seriously.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

Without obsession, life is nothing.