Jonathan Kellerman Quotes

If you have a great day at work and you've been hit with all these great ideas and there's a lot of excitement on your team, your mind doesn't turn off. For years I've kept a pad of paper and pen by me at night, because things just occur to you.

Have passion, yes, but acknowledge that side projects are still work. They shake things up, just like switching up your workout helps you stay one step ahead of your torpid metabolism. They scramble the synapses.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I'm sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

On a good day I write, all day.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

Every time I'm working on something, I'm extremely excited about it.

I feel like I bring the juice and the squeeze.

Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.

I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.

I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy.

What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

I think a little bit of competition is always good.