Quotes: Inspiration

My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

Insomnia is my greatest inspiration.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you’re not being spontaneous, you’re just recreating something.

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

After it’s finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It’s a big source of inspiration. With what’s going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.