Quotes About Inspiration

Music is a huge part of my life when I am on the road, working out, or preparing for a game. It is something I always go back to, and it is something that motivates me. It gets me hype before a game.

Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.

When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

My journey to Sridevi started when I was preparing for my debut film 'Shiva.' I used to walk from Nagarjuna's office in Chennai to a neighbouring street where Sridevi used to live, and I used to just stand and watch Sridevi's house from outside her gate.

Freedom is the basic prerequisite for writing.

Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.

My mom was obsessed with Joni Mitchell; I grew up listening to so much of her music. But it was never a prerogative to emulate her.

What matters about people is their magnetic leadership, their aptitude for helping those following in their footsteps, and their passion - how they choose to package that is their prerogative.

It's the prerogative of the writer to rewrite the world into one he would like to exist.

I probably started painting when I was in preschool.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.

I look up to people not necessarily based on what they look like. For example, Edith Piaf is somebody I think is a beauty hero even though she was definitely considered to not be beautiful. It was just her charisma and stage presence, and to me, that really defines beauty.

I feel that I'm very much in touch with my father's spirit and presence. I feel it, sense it and take much energy and inspiration from that.

To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.

I love a song that will usher in the very presence of God. Then there's no Andrae; there's no fabulous band, there's no greatness of ours. I've had hundreds of concerts like that, and that's what I try to achieve.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma.

I think whether you work with Salman or not, his presence in your life is more than enough.

And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

I look at my voice and my abilities as a gift. I don't feel that I can even take any credit for it, but it's such a huge presence in my life. It is my life. It's my identity, it's everything. And it's given me a great deal of joy and a sense of purpose - I can't imagine my life without it.

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence.