We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends. Votes: 3
I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics; Votes: 3
I love reading - inspirational books, leadership books, biographies. I exercise a lot and put on my audio book. Even If you would offer me a million dollars for my iPod I wouldn't give it to you, because I have some great things on it. Votes: 3
Books are challenging and inspirational to me. Votes: 2
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. Votes: 2
Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration. Votes: 2
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration. Votes: 2
Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me. Votes: 2
Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research. Votes: 2
I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet. Votes: 2
People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for. Votes: 2
When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration. Votes: 2
Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home. Votes: 2
I get inspiration from literally everything and anything. I take inspiration from people, relationships, stories, and I take inspiration from movies I see, books I read and songs I hear. Votes: 2
I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone. Votes: 2
The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings. Votes: 2
I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything like that. I think the inspiration for my writing came largely from my father and the joy that life in books represented to me. Votes: 2
All the Midkemia stories are part of a 'history of an imaginary place,' so I've always known the cycle covered five rift wars. I just got to the end after 30 books. So there was no particular inspiration, save it was time to finish the whole shebang. Votes: 2
The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's also the art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that is noncerebral. Votes: 2
My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is. Votes: 2
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books, her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself. Votes: 2
I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds. Votes: 2
I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every time a head disappears, more heads appear, so I will be writing for the rest of my life. The more books I write, the more books I find that I still have to write about. I use it like an inspiration, and that's wonderful. Votes: 2
Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books. Votes: 0
Books worth reading are worth re-reading. Votes: 4 Holbrook Jackson
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Votes: 4 Norman Vincent Peale