Quotes About Inspiration

It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there were Stephen King, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard Adams.

And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.

When it comes to my work, I'm fearless. I go with my gut.

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination. That's not a bad way to think about it.

There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.

I don't really think about my work in terms of whatever money it makes. That's just a bonus. I'm just going to do the work anyway, so whatever comes back is good with me.

You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work at varying levels of intensity, based on the amount of time and energy I have available.

I'm not too much of a wild guy. I'm all about work, I'm all about studio.

The way I look at my job, I spend a lot of time trying to create the conditions for good design to happen and I don't get an opportunity to do a lot of hands on work.

I've been very lucky being in New York. While there are many things that have impacted my life, I have been able to stay here and do my own work.

I cherish my work and all of my readers.

I work in a creative industry. My work isn't terribly hard, it's artistically explorative, so I have no complaints.

Every director works differently but one thing's important: they must have a vision. If they don't have a vision I don't care how they work.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work

That's what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do.

I feel more inspired than ever, and think that I will finally achieve what I have long been wishing for: a balance of work and privacy - a harmony.

Find your passion... then it is no longer work!

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

What I love about collaborating is that you're working with other minds that work differently to yours.

When I work with my art department on putting imagery together for my blog posts I always think, 'Would I pin this?' That really helps.