Anne Enright Quotes

When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.

If I start working on something, I get a little too driven.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.

I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.

I'm so focused that sometimes I feel like I don't need to eat.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

When it comes to work, I am focused. I work like a maniac.

It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.

I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

I'm always focused.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

I don't think I've had to change anything, really, apart from being more serious and focussed on my drive. One thing I've realised is that you get out what you put in and because of that my work rate has increased ten fold.

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

I just kind of do my thing with sort of tunnel vision for the story and my role and how it fits together.