Quotes About Inspiration

Anyone who makes a life of what they love is a hero to me, and it's important for those people to be visible in every kind of life, every kind of love, every kind of work.

There is a wealth of knowledge to be understood from others' work, don't get me wrong, and when I do stumble upon others' work, it's not lost on me.

Somebody said that my work might be an interesting source of material.

The true work of art continues to unfold and create within the personality of the spectator. It is a continuous coming into being.

Every time I work on a project, I keep every little piece of paper.

I laugh when I'm writing. I feel like all my work is funny to me.

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

When you pick up a script you want to do you generally have a theme you're trying to work with, and then it expands from that.

I usually work from the inside out but sometimes in comedy it's fun to work from the outside in.

In art school, I started to see Pettibon in magazines, and I figured it out backward. I was into the idea that someone could show work in galleries while making album covers and photocopied books.

The person who creates from the noise simply adds to the noise. The person who creates from a place of listening, however, can actually make something worthwhile and enjoy his work in the process.

I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year to the work.

I was fortunate to work with Corigliano for a few years in the mid nineties. Meeting and working with him during those formative years was an important experience.

If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving you something to work with, and I got that in spades.

When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!

My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices.

I'm always excited to work with actors.

The way I work with music is that I take on the story.

I've never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects you want to explore, or sometimes it's just a momentary fancy.

Just keep focusing on the work that you're doing. Focus on what's in front of you today. And don't read the papers, just go campaign. Just do your thing. Talk to people directly

There are certain scenes you do in a movie that are like catching a wave, and you leave work feeling elated - almost as though you've purged something. That's rare, but you do live for those moments.

John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

I couldn't recommend more that people put themselves in a situation where they can see a lot of work that they admire, and for free.