Quotes About Inspiration

I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a child, a director of family dramas for television.

I always like having kid energy around. I think it's good for a movie, even when you're doing dramatic stuff.

Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.

It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.

Actually, yeah, I am an artist. I draw.

I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking.

I like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it!

I used to draw a lot.

I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.

I don't want to write, I'd rather draw.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

I wish I could draw.

I like to draw my storyboards myself.

I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.

I think marriage is one of those things that writers draw on, one of those emotional reservoirs that go way back.

I like to get up at six in the morning, and I draw until sometimes ten at night.

I like to stay artistic. So I always like to draw or write.

I know I can always draw, but I actually love the writing the most.

Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.

I always thought I was going to be an artist. All I ever did was draw. I only ever turned to writing because I couldn't find somebody to write the kind of stuff I wanted to do. That just spiraled out of control.

I don't know where I got the idea for 'The Great Thumbprint Drawing Book'; I just told my brain to think of a book, and it did.

I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists.

I love food, and I love drawing it, particularly.

Every writer is going to end up drawing from their own experiences in one way or another.