Michael Gambon Quotes

I've always been a collector at heart.

I'm a collector of everything.

A real collector does not sell.

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

Collecting is my passion.

As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.

If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational.

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.

My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.

Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstores and libraries is an obsession. And writing about this is an obsession. I think, in general, most collectors are obsessed. I think the only form of a rationalized greed is when you're collecting something you are supposedly serious about.

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.

I guess I always have been a collector.

I've been an avid collector since I was a child.

I'm one of the biggest Ghost Rider fans ever. He's been a hobby of mine ever since I was seven years old. I actually have a whole room in my house dedicated to Ghost Rider memorabilia.

I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.

The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

I'm a hoarder.

I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever. My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car; all I listen to is sports talk.

Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life.

A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

I love collections of things, but always in moderation.

I'm not a collector.

For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly.