Quotes About Inspiration

Escrevo. E pronto. Escrevo porque preciso, preciso porque estou tonto. Ninguém tem nada com isso. Escrevo porque amanhece e as estrelas lá no céu lembram letras no papel, quando o poema me anoitece. A aranha tece teias. O peixe beija e morde o que vê. Eu escrevo apenas. Tem que ter por quê?

Quem nasce com coração? Coração tem que ser feito. Já tenho uma porção Me infernando o peito. Com isso ninguém nasça. Coração é coisa rara, Coisa que a gente acha E é melhor encher a cara.

Paulo Leminski

Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.

It is not I who mix the colors but your own vision,' he answered. 'I only place them next to one another on the wall in their natural state; it is the observer who mixes the colors in his own eye, like porridge. Therein lies the secret. The better the porridge, the better the painting, but you cannot make good porridge from bad buckwheat. Therefore, faith in seeing, listening, and reading is more important than faith in painting, singing, or writing.

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

The moonlight will guide me to the world of freedom.

When Blue sang, a lyric became a libation; a song became a sacrament.

I need some time to myself by myself! There must be time for thought and music and peace and solitude! Also: No one can keep a creative house and work every day from nine to five. Can't be done, folks. Ain't no way.

Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar We were but stones, your light made us stars

We who teach are not meant to search for faults but for possibilities.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

I don't want to imitate life in movies I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.

Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism.

Me gustan los escritores que hablan sobre el hecho de escribir y citan continuamente frases de otros autores

Nothing is more practical than finding God, That is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, What you will do with your evenings, How you spend your weekends, What you read, Who you know, What breaks your heart, And what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

Science is closer to poetry than it is to our vital lives.50

All who live but dream they act here.

We live, while we see the sun, Where life and dreams are as one; And living has taught me this, Man dreams the life that is his, Until his living is done.

El trabajo de un escritor consiste en vivir intensamente en la calle para después encerrarse solo, en un cuarto, y jugar, soñar, pensar, reflexionar, y finalmente, escribir sobre toda esa gente que ha conocido en la calle. Aunque los escritores saben que no es conveniente reconocer este proceso. Así evitan problemas y reclamaciones posteriores. Yo

Porque eres y serás para mi alma un día de sol, eso eres tú.

Every idea is my last. I feel sure of it. So, I try to do the best with each as it comes and that's where my responsibility ends. But I just don't wait for ideas. I look for them. Constantly. And if I don't use the ideas that I find, they're going to quit showing up.