Their motivation is usually the result of an obsessive drive that knows no middle ground, and formal study, thus, would only get in the way.

Cinema is the culmination of the obsessive, mechanistic male drive in Western culture.

The last few mornings had found me waking up early with a taut sense of urgency in my gut, the old obsessive drive to take care of business.

The Joffrey dancers make of "Les Noces" the ritual that it is, dancing it with a perfect sternness and selfless, obsessive drive.

He has an almost obsessive drive towards making Rin a famous painter.

In addition to his seemingly obsessive drive to win, there is a more personal reason why a victory over Ms. Brown would be sweet for Mr. Wilson.

"He has that vitality and passion and obsessive drive in him," the director said.

In bringing these nightmare figures literally to the surface, Watts has expanded his focus without diminishing the obsessive drive of his plotting or his prose.

"A member of Congress was apparently willing to commit a felony in his obsessive drive to destroy the Speaker."

Karpov's almost obsessive drive to get Moonstone on line disturbed her, even more so when Lantin's intervention had begun to make it a reality.