Quotes About Inspiration

The people I'm drawn to are sort of self-created. They came from backgrounds where not much was expected of them, necessarily.

All great artists have some spiritual backing.

I believe in 'Backstage.' It changed my life.

I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.

We have amazing people that help us backstage, and Arn Anderson is someone I always like to look to. He's a legend in his own right.

I like to write from scratch most of the time, but I like to have a backup plan just in case.

I'm a little bit backward. I didn't really go to school.

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

You may have good days, there may be more bad days than good days, but on the good days you have to push yourself, get the most out of it as you can.

I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example.

There's a lot of people I take stuff from, and it's mostly bad guys in movies.

You have to search for the best writer - I'm not saying I'm the one, but it's a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of Stieg Larsson.

Worst ideas? Me? Whatever do you mean? There are no bad ideas.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

I don't watch the news too much, and I don't look too deep into bad news about artists.

It can never be a bad thing encouraging people to exercise.

Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.

I would love to be an example to young LGBTQ kids everywhere. I remember growing up and feeling like nobody in the media accurately represented me, and when they did, it was always made to seem like a bad thing.

I like shooting locations just because too much control on the stage can be a bad thing.

I get a lot of girls who say, 'I just want to be a model so badly.' And I think: 'You can do better than that.' I mean, look, I do love it, I'm not saying anything bad about it, I just think you can do a lot more.

I did a couple of plays at university, badly, where I made friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see someone like him acting, it makes you think there's not much point in doing it yourself.

Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's lives, how sport can make a difference.

I like Sam Bailey - she's got a huge voice.