Quotes About Inspiration

A bright smile today pushes towards a better one tomorrow.

As a song-writer, I write from the heart, soul and mind, not from lies.

Het meisje met de leeuwengeest! Je werd leider van je volk, en dat ben je tot je dood gebleven... Je bent de moeder van miljoenen mensen. - Leo

The writer's business is to find the shape in unruly life and to serve her story. Not, you may note, to serve her family, or to serve the truth, but to serve the story.

I am not ultimately interested in writing fiction. I can't make things up. Or rather, I can only make things up about things that have already happened.

She has given me a way out.

Say not an end,' said Maerad in the same language, surprising herself for she felt as if another voice spoke within her, 'say rather another beginning'.

Music is my home.

The day will only be as good as the thoughts you have.

Alison Goodman

There is another possibly apocryphal story about the philosopher Jerry Fodor (he's the Yogi Berra of philosophy). Someone asked what his stream of consciousness was like as he wrote philosophy. His reply was that it mostly said, "Come on, Jerry, you can do it, Jerry, keep going, Jerry.

Why didn't everyone feel as I did that natural beauty raises the spiritual energy of the world?

We're nature. Our minds are nature. Our desire to make poetry is nature.

Being in the studio is a really romantic time.

That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing.

you can't write well with only the nice parts of your character, and only about nice things. And I don't want even to try anymore. I want to use everything, including hate and envy and lust and fear.

A good story was a form of communication, mind to mind, spirit to spirit. It sent life sparking from stranger to stranger, across space, decades and centuries. Human sympathy -- human attention -- had magic in it. Any real story fizzed with sympathy -- the writer's and reader's -- across time, over rows of typographical marks; those low boundary fences of the imagination, hurdled.

All it takes is a single moment.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information but to face sacred moments.

One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to make the right choices. When you feel defeated about your weight and your health, like there's no hope, and you still make the choice to fight for it, to make the change happen no matter what people say or think, that's inspiring to me.

We watch a lot of Discovery Channel, shows like 'The Biggest Loser' and even 'Amazing Race.' You learn a lot about the world, it's fun and nobody's interested in beating anybody down. And then the opposite: I'm a huge fan of 'Survivor.'

There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.

Writers write about what worries them.

Music is the lubricant of the poor.