Quotes About Inspiration

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you

I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my work.

I am a musician before a writer, and a drawer before a writer. When I lose sight of that, which I do, my work tends to suffer.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don't use my work to further the tools.

I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.

It's fun to see how other artists adapt my work.

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story.

I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.

I get the feeling that sometimes the ideas work very well when you're doing them in the studio alone.

When you come to Venice, you do special work.

Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you.

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of fiction, needs its own food.

Writing is difficult. It's a time commitment, it's labor and I'd have to get myself to sit down and actually do the work and outline.

Daily life is both the subject and environment of the work I am making.

I like to make sculpture because it makes my life social. When I make drawings, I work alone. When I work with sculpture I have someone I can work with.

Without playing with fantasy, no creative work has yet come into being.

I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.

For a girl like me, I understand because working out can get really boring. Doing the same exact routine every day gets old, and you need something new and fresh to inspire you.

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.