Quotes About Inspiration

rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination.

I hate doing anything in offices. I either want to be out in the world or in my own environment - and it should be your own environment that you work in.

For some reason, I seem to work well with actors. I love working with them.

Inspiration is nothing without work.

My work has always been the product of my time.

[Ernest ]Hemingway always said, "Write about what you know." I think you can do that, and if you want to write about what you don't know, you can. It just takes a lot more work.

Writing is hard work.

It was and is always nice to work with the kids.

For me, honestly, I'm an actor. There's one thing I know how to do - act. And that's all I know how to do. Through our work, [actors] can trigger awareness.

The poet must work with brush and paper,but this is not what makes the poem. A man does not go in search of a poem - the poem comes in search of him.

A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

As artists, the pleasure is to really have your work resonate and mean something. Art takes its inspiration from reality.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'

There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.

The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.

I was inspired by World Vision. It's almost like I sponsored (Donald) Faison and gave him an opportunity to do something with his life. What more would he want than to work with me?

I do my best work under pressure, so I'll nick an artery, and my husband isn't allowed to stanch the bleeding till I've banged out a chapter.

I love my work but do not know how I write it.

That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!

The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis. The more I understand myself, the more effectively I can work with others.

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

On a personal level, just for me in my own work, I would say the most interesting thing has been getting to work with the people that I've worked with.