Quotes About Inspiration

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the story. I tell myself I'll worry about untangling it later. I'm glad no one sees my first drafts except for my poor editor and agent.

I don't offer advice to actors only because I've seen actors become successful through ways that would never even occur to me or that wouldn't work for me.

It never occurred to me that I'd be a musician. I was just drunk on music, jamming with friends, chilling out with lot of music around.

It never occurred to me that I'd have a dance company.

I'm not saying it never occurred to me to want to write a masterpiece, but I really doubt I could.

I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.

I realized that I had the ability to carve out a life for myself, that it was in no way limited by what had already occurred in my past. And that inspired me to go to school.

When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance for me... I just didn't think it was something that people did.

Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on something. I love it, I need it, and so it never occurred to me to put writing on the back burner.

My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.

Believe me, I think if I stopped writing when I left The Voice I would have quite a legacy. But the fact of the matter was, it never occurred to me to stop.

It never really occurred to me to seek out a female influence, a female musician.

I'm the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I'll just do it.

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.

The name of a cat has to come from something that just occurs to you by interacting with the cat.

When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.

Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.

Frank Ocean, he's the G.O.A.T.

I'd like to do something with Frank Ocean, you know, and I love working with Thundercat, and I'd love to do more with him.

When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things.

I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless.

Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.