Quotes About Inspiration

To me, storytelling is a mystery. Especially when you're directing.

I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.

Whether we're talking about books, music or film, it's all about storytelling. You get a powerful new way of connecting with people once you hear their stories.

Storytelling is what lights my fire.

Storytelling is the important thing.

Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.

Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

I was lucky enough to see the original cast of 'In the Heights.' This one blew my mind. The infusion of Latin, hip hop and rap with musical theatre, great storytelling and talent was a powerful combination to me during a time when I'd not been moved by much!

I'm always interested in storytelling and whatever form that comes in.

I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.

It took many years to accept that fantasy is the fuel for my storytelling passion, and without that, I really am a hack, writing for money or approval rather than for the pure delight of storytelling.

I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.

The natural milieu I inhabit is more in epic storytelling.

Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.

In a weird way, I think I'm much better at oneshots than longform. So I try to focus on five or six-issue arcs. I have a real fondness for the one-shots because that's where I do my best storytelling.

Along the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling.

I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field.

I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.

I love storytelling.