„Who or what inspires you?"
"I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.“

Quelle: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 134

Quelle: The Victorian Age in Literature (1913), On Algernon Charles Swinburne Ch. III: The Great Victorian Poets (p. 95)

From an interview in “How Critically Acclaimed Violinist Edward W. Hardy Is Transforming Mood Into Music” https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreazarczynski/2021/02/23/how-critically-acclaimed-violinist-edward-w-hardy-is-transforming-mood-into-music/?sh=1b2d2ca64962 Forbes (2021 Feb 23)

"Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa", in MOJO magazine (October 1993).
Variante: Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read
Quelle: The Real Frank Zappa Book

Quelle: Tools For Survival (2009), p. 149

"Doing Good — for the right reasons!" (13 March 2008)
Kontext: So let God know what you're doing just by doing it — or feel good about yourself. But don't rely on men and women to inspire you to do good — because we will probably often fail you with our own imperfections! We all should be trying to improve ourselves, regardless of how much better off or worse off we are than the person next to us, because we can all get better.

June 23
Meditations: Food For The Soul (1970)

The Issue (1908)
Kontext: Now my friends, I am opposed to the system of society in which we live today, not because I lack the natural equipment to do for myself, but because I am not satisfied to make myself comfortable knowing that there are thousands of my fellow men who suffer for the barest necessities of life. We were taught under the old ethic that man's business on this earth was to look out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle; the ethic of the wild beast. Take care of yourself, no matter what may become of your fellow man. Thousands of years ago the question was asked: "Am I my brother's keeper?" That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society.
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself. What would you think of me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?

Quelle: Words and Pictures

Poetry Quotes

On directing versus playwriting in “Artistic director Chay Yew: ‘Audiences come here wanting a dialogue about America’” https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2019/artistic-director-chay-yew-audiences-come-here-wanting-to-have-a-dialogue-about-america/ in The Stage (2019 Aug 5)

On using personal history in “Fruits of the Same Tree: An Interview with Stephanie Powell Watts” https://fictionwritersreview.com/interview/an-interview-with-stephanie-powell-watts/ in Fiction Writers Review (2012 Aug 6)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/01/a-conversation-with-kiarostami.html

"Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson" http://www.mysteryfile.com/Matheson/Interview.html (2004)