Quotes About Influence

I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct: "Okay, I want to be the boss."

There are elites that are real leaders and role models. There are elites that are really selfish and want to pull up the ladder once they've reached the roof.

Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.

We already have our phones, but other wearables, and those technologies are going to want to know when you're deciding things and then offer some kind of input subtle or less so on that moment.

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

The more advertising I see, the less I want to buy.

People want a result. Immigrant voters aren't stupid, and they're going to know who's on their side.

Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

I know in fashion what's new is old and trends repeat but the 90's trends ala '90210' aren't exactly styles I'd want to wear today.

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.

Hollywood, it's just like high school. Whoever is pretty and popular, everyone wants to be with.

[Personal life] doesn't affect my creative process. It just gives me more subjects to talk about. Basically whatever you put in your music is how you want people to view you.

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.

People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters I play move people, and who wouldn't want to move people?

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.

People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support

I feel like everybody has a purpose. For me, I just want to be an example of what I talk about like speaking and what I preach about when I speak to schools and companies during the off-season.

Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.