Quotes About Inspiration

I believe really strongly in imitation, actually: I think it's the first place you need to go to if you're going to be able to understand how something works. True mimicry is actually quite difficult.

Every writer has characters that they become attached to and that they feel very strongly about.

I strongly believe that literature can do something that nothing else can do, and that is embody the human spirit.

The thing I like most about flying in space is not the view. The thing I like about it is doing something I feel very, very strongly about.

You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to be able to freely observe the world. That's the way I like to move through the world; I don't need to be the focus of attention. If I am, it impairs my ability to write and to do what I do.

I try to have a lot of influences, which is to say not to have one specific influence too strongly; that can end up badly.

I think that for every artist, it's very important to have an output and to feel very strongly about the music you're producing.

I strongly believe that many of the best decisions are made on gut instinct.

I strongly believe in the art form of the album.

Dance is my passion, and I feel so strongly about it that just watching people dance lights up my face and makes me come alive.

Yes, I do bring something of my own to the plate. But I strongly believe that a film is a director and writer's vision.

Product development is emotional for me! It's really important as a brand that we feel that our products are going to be life-changing for everyone who buys them. We won't ever launch something we don't feel strongly about.

Coming from Puerto Rico and having that be my musical universe for the majority of my life no doubt strongly impacts my music.

Drawing a line between work and home is something I strongly advocate for. Only by keeping that balance in check can you continue to be inspired at work and at peace at home.

Writing can flow out when I'm feeling something strongly, whether that's joy, pain, fear, desire or anything else. The challenge is actually later, in the second or third or 100th draft of the music, when it can be so easy to cover up the original sentiments by making the music more ornate or cloaked.

Laika's films aim to promote thought, feeling, and connectivity through art, inspired by our shared humanity. We're deeply gratified that the spirit of our work has resonated so strongly with audiences around the world.

I strongly believe there is a guided force that acts upon me and has helped me become what I am over the years.

I grew up listening to a lot of Simon & Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary. I know that sounds dorky, but I always responded strongly to that kind of lyric-driven folk music.

Of course I went to medical school strongly influenced by my father, I mean the family reason, and secondly I read the biography of Hideyo Noguchi who was the very interesting doctor, who went to the United States in his 20s and become professor in the Rockefeller Institute.

While most become star struck by A-list actors, you'll only see me in awe of leaders effecting change. Politician and diplomat Madeleine Albright, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. These are my heroes. These are my celebrities.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.