Hilton Als Quotes

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.

You can't rush inspiration.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I keep drawing inspiration from people every day. All of a sudden, something strikes me so hard and dramatically, and then a dream comes - I sit down, cut it off and make a script out of it.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

You never know where you're going to get inspiration.

Sometimes, you don't know where your inspiration's going to come from.

A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.

Everything begins with an idea.

I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

All this talk about inspiration and moment is nonsense.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

Inspiration comes from all different places.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from.

As I get on and films take four years to complete, I tend to have a hankering for very short projects so you can move on to the next idea. It's the ideas I'm interested in. What comes out of your head.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.