Concentrated Attention Quotes

The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.

The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.

The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before.

That's a big part of the process: making the right choice from the beginning. Not getting distracted by shiny things.

All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on. If you go off the road, you're into somebody's shop-window or front porch.

When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.

Silicon Valley tends to be very myopic - to be focused on one or two things - which has some strengths as well as weaknesses.

I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.

I concentrate on the task before me rather then those dim in the future.