He has driven himself mad from an obsession with his contractual obligation at the Overlook hotel.
Ironically, the Channel 4 series he had literally driven himself mad to write was not a great success.
Mr. Smith added that he speaks only sporadically to his friend these days, mainly about sports, and that Mr. Axelrod has always driven himself exceedingly hard.
Kechiche, by contrast, directs with a sense of fervent urgency; he gives the impression of having driven himself with as much self-sacrificing energy as the actresses unleash.
Mr. Zoubi said Mr. Assad had driven himself to the mosque as usual, adding that Al Arabiya should fire "the administrative staff that supervised this false news".
He is said to have walked back home, pressed a towel to his bleeding eye socket, drunk a glass of Scotch, and — because Schiro was hysterical — driven himself to Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Mr. Ferraiolo said he was surprised, at a recent driving clinic for prospective buyers, to hear from one enthusiastic Phantom owner that "17 miles was the farthest the man had driven himself in the last seven years".
What is clear is that in telling the story of the teacher and his pupil, Chazelle had driven himself to make a film that is dynamic, provocative and moving - and in which the emotional tempo never stops rising.
He saw Roddick not as someone who has driven himself to near distraction in Federer's considerable shadow, but as a dangerous player with a huge serve and a home crowd on his side.
He had driven himself hard for years, getting up at five in the morning to write for three hours every day before beginning his work as a civil servant, and he was also a keen huntsman and enjoyed social life.
It makes for an odd combination of athletics and ornateness, as if Cornelius Vanderbilt had installed a putting green at the Breakers or King George had driven himself mad practicing chip shots at Windsor Castle.
