Quotes About Influence

Some people come into your life and leave a mark.

I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

Harvard meant a lot in my writing life from the beginning, even though I didnt actually do much composition on the spot.

You have different people who come into your life and they affect you in a way and leave an impact on you. Whether it's projects or friends or directors, it's just an opportunity that people give me.

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.

I remember when I got my first Adam Sandler CD and it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard in my entire life, and continues to be.

What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?

Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism, including the choice of topics we pursue.

I think your life informs your art.

There's never been a parent in my life.

My brothers were my peers, but they were not the preeminent male figures in my emotional life.

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.

How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them.

I really think there is a certain destiny in my life to lead people.

I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education that was going to take me through life and through this world.

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.

I've always felt my role in life was to be a mentor. If I can do that with a younger generation, that's my goal.

I've learned an encyclopedia version of life from Oprah Winfrey.

I think N.Y.C. definitely had something to do with my figuring out my life path.

Yogi Bear changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.