Quotes About Inspiration

The No. 1 thing you have that costs nothing is your imagination: role play.

I started writing books and making clothes for my dolls when I was around 10 as a way of making my reality exciting. When I went out to play with friends, I always arranged elaborate sets and costumes.

My mum was an art teacher, so we used to have fantastic dressing-up costumes when we were little.

Going to the conventions, seeing the incredible amount of love that people put into their clothing, costumes, gadgetry, and art of all kinds, is a huge treat for me.

There had to be something more important than me being comfortable, me being OK, and me being that one person that made it from Stockton. That's why I decided to run for city council in 2012.

'Born to Do It' took a kid out of a council estate and put my mum into a home of her own. It changed my whole family's situation, and all from doing something that I loved.

It doesn't seem very long ago I was a girl from a council estate with nothing but dreams.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

I love Aparna Sen. I've watched '36 Chowringhee Lane' too many times to count.

I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to myself, 'I want to do that.'

The artist knows how to sing, not how to count.

I saw a picture of Max Schreck as Count Orlok in a book in my elementary school and I lost my mind.

I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour on any one song, but that doesn't count the thinking that goes on beforehand.

A friend of mine kind of revealed to me that idea that there has been countless Supermen and Batman. But I'm the first person to play Black Lightning. It's exciting to originate a character.

I'm going to try to make happy songs or some political songs, like 'A Country Boy Can Survive' - something people can get excited about.

I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.

If I'm writing songs for a country-Western picture, I have to know about country music.

I listened to Country music a little bit, but it didn't enter my life until I started listening to Eric Church.

I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid.

There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.

Every time I tried writing my own songs, they would come out very country. I couldn't fight it, and the more I listened to country music, the more I loved it, and it just became very natural.

I listen to everything. I sing country music, but I listen to different stuff.

I always loved country music. But I didn't even know I could sing. I just knew I loved the music.

I love to listen to traditional country music. That's where I get a lot of inspiration.