Quotes About Inspiration

So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday.

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.

I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

An artist's job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.

Music is what mathematics does on a Satruday night.

In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does anything -- to impress women. (Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night)

If you were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

We were weirdos, Fiona and I. Creative minds like ours were the minds of aliens. And the soul-suckers, the plagiarists, the malicious people like Charlie? They were sapping us. It was our mission to get away from them.

I suppose everyone is a daydreamer, but I was better at it than most.

I avoid writing until I can't avoid it anymore. Until writing comes knocking at my door like a friend I've neglected.

My muse, whatever it is, is leading me to write stories.

Because whether inspiration comes from an actual place or not doesn't matter if you don't choose to do something with it. And if you do choose to do something with it, the stories you create don't matter unless they make ripples in the world.

Stories help me feel complete.

I'm finding out that if you have the ending from the get-go, then you're in good shape. Problem is, I rarely have the ending from the get-go.

Sometimes I don't feel like writing at all...It seems so selfish, writing.

This is where the inspiration for books comes from. Images and ideas and sounds from these worlds seep through the water and into our dimension. And those things inspire people like you. Storytellers.

HOPE. It counts for so, so much.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

I am amazed at those disciples who declare that they require this or that master. You are perfectly well aware that I have never been taught by any man. God was my guide, though I have the greatest respect for all the masters.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.

I've got heaps of dreams.