Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.
I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't use words loosely. When I'm working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.
The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim. ~Wren
Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.
When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual
If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it. Only you must, then, really wish these things, and wish them exclusively, and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.
The man who actually knows just what he wants in life has already gone a long way toward attaining it.
God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!
A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.
