“Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in daily fidelity.”
“I cook to inspire my husband to pay attention to me.”
“Who inspires me to write? My clone. I just want him to appreciate me as a person.”
“I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.”
“It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.”