Here’s a non-spoiler quote about passion from the movie Adaptation well after about half-way in:

“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go… the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

I imagine the quote is probably lifted from the original book, The Orchid Thief, but I’m too lazy to verify that much. If you need to know, find out for yourself and let me know.

For those of you who haven’t seen the movie, it’s brilliant because it identifies itself so transparently. Remember that much when you watch it and you’ll find it brilliant too, I’m sure. This is not an assumption, it is a command. Trust me.

For those of you who have seen the movie, and understood it, you might find it funny that I paused the flick, copied the above quote, then wrote in my journal for about thirty minutes about both my own struggles to find passion and my general lack of focus when I do have it. After that, every turning point in the plot put me into hysterics.