genuine inspiration Quotes

To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.

I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.

Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything.

I want to be influenced by the world not TV or film.

The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants. The volatile essences which make literature cannot survive the clichés of a long series of story conferences.

There can be no forced inspiration.

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.

True Leaders do not manipulate others they INSPIRE them.

The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.

If the inspiration is genuine and it's coming from the right place, that's what I like and want to be a part of.

Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved back to New York. I'm just a lot more inspired by real life than I am by depictions of real life.