“As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.” LittlesInspirationSchoolBitsSunCrazyHugeHairLittle BitTeenagerColourBowie Author:Clive Owen
“Inspiration is tough to define, it comes from so many different places. I have multiple exhibitions touring the globe, so I do travel quite a bit and travel is a great way to find inspiration.” WayDifferentInspirationBitsToughMultipleGlobesTouringDifferent PlaceExhibitions Author:Nathan Sawaya
“When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits of inspiration floating about and grab them.” WritingTwoInspirationThreeBitsHoursMorningCoupleFloatingTrance Author:Kate Bush
“I listen to old Idaho, and there are moments of true inspiration there. I think the music is speaking on its own a little bit more. It's evolving, it's not losing its heart.” ThinkingHeartLittlesMomentsInspirationBitsLittle BitMusic IsLosingEvolveIdaho Author:Jeff Martin
“I allude to Back to the Future in the 1985 story to let folks know it was an inspiration and because it literally was the most time-travelly bit of pop culture we had in the mid 80's. I can talk about their tools for considering change. First, the book is metafictive in a traditional sense where I'm showing and telling the reader that the act of writing and reading is a reflexive way to push boundaries of real and literal time travel. Writers and readers are time travellers. The question is what we do with that time we traveled when we leave a book, leave a page.” KnowsWayWritingFirstsI CanBookRealStoriesInspirationCultureReadingBitsReaderPagesToolsFolksPopsBoundariesTraditionalTime TravelConsideringTraveledPop CultureLiteralTravellerWriting And Reading Author:Kiese Laymon
“If I like hardcore straight-edge punk music, gentle psychedelic folk music, gangster rap, indie-rock with a lot of guitar pedals, and I find inspiration from all these things in different songs of mine, shouldn't I be allowed to make any of this kind of music that I want? And it's the same for the comic books, why should I only make autobiographical stories? Or only political stories? Or only superhero stories? Or only comedy stories? I am a bit creatively desperate, when I sit with a pen and paper I am desperate for ANY idea that makes me excited, I don't care what kind of idea it is!” IfsWantShouldKindBookIdeasDifferentStoriesInspirationCarePoliticalSongBitsComedyRocksMinesPaperGuitarFolksEdgesDon't CareExcitedRapComicI Don't CareGentleDesperatePensPunkShould IComic BookSuperheroPsychedelicGangstersHardcoreFolk MusicPedalsIndie RockStraight EdgePunk MusicGangster Rap Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.” PeopleWantHumorInspirationBitsCome UpInsightHonourUp To YouRecogniseRecognise You Author:Wayne Rooney