Quotes About Inspiration

You'll soon understand that the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty and power of their dreams.

Sometimes we underestimate the impact we have on other people's lives. Everybody living, no matter how miserable his or her life may be or how glorious each day is, makes an impact on others.

Leven Thumps, you are incredibly more than you believe yourself to be." - Colver

With no Foo, those on earth could no longer dream. With no dreams there is no hope, and mankind cannot survive without hope.

And the rule I gave myself was that I had to invent at least one thing new every day and also read a book everyday. For many years now that has been my fixed rule.

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.

No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

To survive, Let the past Teach you-- Past customs, Struggles, Leaders and thinkers. Let These Help you. Let them inspire you, Warn you, Give you strength. But beware: God is Change. Past is past. What was Cannot Come again. To survive, know the past. Let it touch you. Then let The past Go.

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

Belief Initiates and guides action— Or it does nothing.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

At its best, science fiction stimulates imagination and creativity. It gets reader and writer off the beaten track, off the narrow, narrow footpath of what "everyone" is saying, doing thinking - whoever "everyone" happens to be this year.

Frankly, it never occurred to me that I needed someone who looked like me to show me the way. I was ignorant and arrogant and persistent and the writing left me no choice at all."9

We can, Each of us, Do the impossible As long as we can convince ourselves That it has been done before.

As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent.

My love of writing is an outgrowth of my love of reading. Both helped me to escape boredom, to perform thought experiments, and to deal with the daily news. I can create a world that makes more sense than this one.

a sweet and powerful Positive obsession

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter. As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent.

If you can think of ways to entertain them and teach them at the same time, you'll get your information out. And all without making anyone look down." "Look down … ?" "Into the abyss, Daughter.