Quotes About Inspiration

There always seems to be an element of faith in my writing.

There's always an element of truth to what I write because that's why I write.

The thing I learned from watching Iain Glen and Brendan Gleeson, and Aidan Gillen and Michael Fassbender when I worked with them, there's a huge element of leading something. It's the atmosphere and dynamic you're creating on set.

There are some millennial artists that I totally get and understand, and I know what they're talking about. People who I've worked with and who I'd like to work with. But there's a whole element of artists that I can't explain what they're talking about.

Anything that has a creative element attached to it - I will take it up, similar to my career choices.

I work with elementary- and middle school-age girls.

I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up.

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven.

For an elite athlete the fans are everything.

In athletics there are so many great elite athletes who look like me, so it was easy to fall into.

'Elizabeth' is something I've looked to a lot for a strong female leader.

As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne.

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

Elvis was a great singer. He really was.

I used to always listen to Z100 in NYC and I love Elvis Duran.

I think everybody's got a little Elvis in them.

Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'

You don't necessarily have to write a song to make it your own. After all, Elvis never wrote a song in his life.

It's so cool, the number of emails I get from people saying I changed their life. It's pretty crazy.

When I get an email from someone who says, 'Your book was the first book I ever read,' or, 'Your book is what made me love reading,' it's just such an honor.

Always ask for advice. I email with a lot of girls that are like, 'How do I do this, how do I do that.' Stay up on what's cool and what's interesting.

I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.

Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years.