#obsess

These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#case #critics #cult #how #know

All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#on-writing #stories #storytelling #writing #beauty

I was born in 1971, and Tom Baker was sort of my obsession as a kid and that's why we got him to do the voice over for 'Little Britain' because I was actually obsessed with Tom Baker. ↗

— David Walliams

#baker #because #born #britain #got

Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they're getting older, et cetera. ↗

— Sela Ward

#after #age #anyone #cetera #culture

Without obsession, life is nothing. ↗

— John Waters

#nothing #obsession #without

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#asking #call #chance #citizens #forever

There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#also #eight #freedom #i #morning

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#become #clouds #falling #grabbing #like

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#elvis presley #i #little #obsessed #presley

People seem to get weirdly obsessed with my mouth. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#mouth #obsessed #people #seem #weirdly