Quotes About Inspiration

I didn't and don't want to be a 'feminine' version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, or an adapted version of the heroes I admire. I want to be the heroes themselves.

Like a flower she grows towards the light, without thinking or examining the process which moves her to do so. I wish I could do the same.

Anything that can be dreamed is true.

You see, I do believe in miracles. I, who have passed through fire. I do believe.

Porque um contador de histórias não morre nunca, mantém-se sempre vivo nas suas histórias enquanto houver álguem para as ouvir.

Because art is like love. It goes feral if you keep it to yourself. Art is made to be given away, otherwise, it just rots.

Like all other acts of creation, magic is just a state of mind

Bonne vent, jolie vent. (Good wind, nice wind, pretty wind.)

I believe in family values and following your dreams.

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it's a damn good start.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up.

Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.

We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn't have any.

she told me she'd be a phoenix. The image of the mythical creature rising from the ashes glitters in my mind. They don't really exist. She said that depends on whether or not there's someone who can see them.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

You know how I see it? There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing--light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light...I guess from my point of view, we can choose to be in the dark, or we can light a candle. And for me, Christ is that candle.

Sara: You are so brave, I tell her, and then I smile. When I grow up, I want to be just like you. To my surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. No Mommy, she says. You'd be sick.

when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see.

If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever.

Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up.

A wish is just words. Belief is the catalyst. It's what sets that wish into motion.