Quotes About Drive

In order for a narrative to work, the primary character should have a concrete desire - a need that drives her story - and the story's writer should make this goal known to the reader pretty early in the narrative.

Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions.

Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.

Just taking one drifting step can you set you in a course that's very hard to stop.

Drawing on intrinsic motivation makes us far more likely to stick to a behavior, and to find it satisfying.

enthusiasm spurs us to adventure.

AMBITION – Always preceded by "mad" when it lacks nobility.

Don't worry about what motivates you. What's important is that you are motivated.

The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest to their habitual home.

The first thing is to have the will; the rest is technique.

He belonged to the men who have cared for great things, not to bring themselves honor, but because doing great things could alone satisfy their natures.

Ambition is natural when you don't have anything. You know what you're driving for.

There a coffee bar near here?" she asked. "A Starbucks," Myron said. "I'll drive." "I don't want to go with you, Emily." She gave him the smile. "Lost my charms, have I?" "They lost their effect on me a long time ago." Half lie. She

I have a goal to be the best player every time I touch that floor. Just be the best me.

Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.

At Uber, we say, 'Always be hustling.' Even if you are an introvert and you haven't got hustle in you, you better get a co-founder who does. And if you haven't got enough hustle to find a co-founder who's got hustle, it's going to be tough. You've got to have a little hustle in you.

You can't get tired in the studio. It's really tough. But you just gotta keep on going.

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron.

You have to be able to connect and re-connect to the passionate things that got you to a certain point in the first place. If you can connect and continue to hold onto that passion, that's the key thing that will help you get through tough times.

I'll never get complacent. I am my own toughest critic.

The toughest thing about being a success is you've got to keep on being a success.

My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.