Quotes About Inspiration

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

Is an artist much more than a beggar?

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.

When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.

Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning.

I would sit in my dorm room and write songs. I loved it. I was learning to sing and play guitar. I was becoming a musician. I was the beginner who somehow could write a song.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

All my work begins with drawings.

Libraries are where it all begins.

I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

As I get older I find myself thinking it all begins with Shakespeare.

Everything begins and ends with the writing.

Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

You're shadowed by your own dream, especially as you get older, of trying to create something that will last in poetry. And so, you're working on its behalf.

After winning 'K-pop Star' and debuting as a singer, I had a team of people who helped me. But then I realized that to do my own music, there's work that I myself had to take care of and no one can do it on behalf of me. So I started writing my own music.

I really believe in sharing my story to improve social behaviors in the nation.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

I used to see Estee Lauder's ads everywhere in the subways of Beijing, and I thought how wonderful it would be if the model on them was myself!

Going into Beijing I was like 'what's a Paralympics?'