Quotes about Inspiration

Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life.

Films were always a passion for me but it was when I saw 'Salaam Bombay' that I decided that it was film direction that I was interested in. That is when I decided I wanted to direct films.

The best ideas make you want to say 'yes' and 'no' in the same breath.

Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant.

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?

My success, literally, is your success figuratively.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.

My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation.

It's a lovely moment when everyone's part of something greater than the sum of its parts. That encapsulates what a comedy gig should be, with the comic as the lightning rod, the Norse mischief god, getting the audience to do something they wouldn't necessarily do.

To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience for me.