Quotes About Inspiration

When I was on 'Dragons' Den,' most of the letters I received were from people under 16. They wrote about their ideas, their views, their challenges. The audience is actually a very young audience.

I love the writing of Walter Tevis and what he views as the possibilities of science rather than science fiction.

I think as more women see that there are women out there building vibrant and creative and powerful lives and careers in their 40s, 50s, etc., then these older views of ageism will fall away.

I have my own set of friends with whom I discuss better story ideas, views and scripts. So I channelize my time in a productive way.

A writer should never allow himself to be lulled out of the vigilance native to his profession.

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.

It can be 10 people or thousands of people: I want them to see something special. I want them to say, 'I saw the best in the world at something,' and maybe that will inspire them to go do something in their life with the same vigor.

I'm looking for a way out of here. I can't have it physically, so I'm going to have it intellectually. It was a beautiful thing to ride Seabiscuit in my imagination. And it's just fantastic to be there alongside Louie as he's breaking the NCAA mile record. People at these vigorous moments in their lives - it's my way of living vicariously.

It was such a pleasure to work with Eugene Levy. What a treat. That's a guy I grew up watching as a kid. Guys like that, they were hilarious and didn't have to be super vile or X-rated.

A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.

I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.

I wish one time in my life I could do what other writers do... get me a villa in Spain and go there to write a book.

When I was young I used to watch the Premier League and of course I knew of Tottenham because of Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. I speak more with Ossie because I see him more at the training ground than Ricky.

Arcadia' was started and finished at the Medici villa in Rome.

I know myself that when there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of you then it's different - and that's why I chose Villa. I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again.

It is a very proud moment for our entire family that a movie has been made on our lives and we have taken a small village of Haryana to Hollywood.

I started running because my neighbour, Patrick Sang, was an athlete and I wanted to be just like him. Patrick came from the same village as I do and my mother used to be his teacher. I was so inspired by his success.

I came from a remote village, I didn't know what running was, or the Olympics.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

My father was a doctor, and I admired him and got along well with him. He took me with him on house calls. We were living in Flushing, which was then a sleepy village of 25,000 - before the subway got there. I've been sure I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 12.

Sometimes it takes a child to raise a village - or to take down an injustice.

Ziggy Stardust, the Village People, and punk rock really shaped who I am as a person and as a gay man.

I live in Greenwich Village in New York City, but I rarely write at home, where there's too much else to do.

I want to pass on my secrets to people who are going to say, 'I have realised that I love baking, and now I'm going to make my bread and sell it at the local farmers' market,' or who might say, 'I am going to use the local Post Office in our village to sell my cakes.' I want to give them that little bit of fire.