Quotes About Inspiration

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

If God didn't want you to be a dreamer, He wouldn't go around handing out dreams! That's a clue!

As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told.

For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on.

Dreaming is the day job of novelists, but sharing our dreams is a still more important task for us. We cannot be novelists without this sense of sharing something.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don't invite either into your mind.

...light overcomes darkenss. A tiny match can illuminate the darkest room. As long as there is some light somewhere in the universe, [darkness] can be defeated.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

What we [writers] do might be done in solitude and with great desperation, but it tends to produce exactly the opposite. It tends to produce community and in many people hope and joy.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

Creativity is the joy of not knowing it all.

Get Creative - You Will Surprise Yourself and Change the World!

Just one great idea can change your life dramatically. Look for it. It's there somewhere!

The secret of not having worries, for me at least, is to have ideas.

I call to the spirits of other lands to make fecund my existence

In the beginning what is necessary is to feel that there is something worthwhile to be attained otherwise we won't do it.

If you meditate deeply several times a day you will transform and change. You will find that you don't have to inspire yourself to do what is right because you have become what is right.

Maybe you don't need to do this. Maybe this isn't your moment. But if you do feel the pull of the eternal, then you can't stay away from it.

Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.

Make today the BEST day of your life, because there is no good reason not to.