A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.

Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin

People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the fault of the subject matter that creates the obsession, I don't think.

Adhir Kalyan
Adhir Kalyan

I usually just go on Google and spend my hours just Googling Jennifer Beals. I think it's possible that I have a slightly unordinary obsession with her. YouTube videos. Interviews with her. Pictures I put on my desktop and my phone.

Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

AJ Lee
AJ Lee

I have a very distinct memory of 'ExciteBike' and making my own courses. I had an obsession with that game.

Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna

There's only one barometer for the commercial success of a film and that's the box office. The obsession with box office doesn't annoy me. It's the main part of the business, if you get irritated with the main part then you're in trouble.

Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse

I have an obsession for quality. I work for my guests, not to obtain Michelin stars.

Alan Davies
Alan Davies

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.