If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself.

- Laurell K. Hamilton

I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.

- Zach Braff

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs.

- Willis Polk

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

- Vikram Seth

If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down.

- Tamsin Greig

I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.

- Twyla Tharp

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

- Stewart Rahr

I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.

- Richard Flanagan

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

- Lady Starlight

All the wealthiest people in the U.S. seem compelled to brag about how humble they are.

- Craig Brown

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

- Keri Hilson

Don't think twice. If it's a character that you feel compelled to play and story that you feel needs to be told, don't think twice.

- Jenny Slate

When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she's gonna pay for it!

- Iyanla Vanzant

The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?

- Frank Chodorov

Whenever I have time and am compelled to watch anything, it's usually something I'm not in!

- Doug Hutchison

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed.

- Chris Hughes