Quotes About Imagination

I like writing historical fiction.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

I draw whatever hits me.

When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was as model-maker.

I grew up actually reading 'The Hobbit,' not 'The Lord of the Rings.' I loved 'The Hobbit' growing up.

I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family.

I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.

I thought 'Arnold Layne' was a nice name and fitted well into the music I had already composed. Then I thought, 'Arnold must have a hobby,' and it went from there.

Sometimes no matter how strong your imagination is and how many days you spend picturing a life with a woman, she turns out to be so amazing that only being there with her in the moment, holding her in your arms, can you find the truth in your heart.

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' holds perhaps a deeper place in people's hearts than 'The Hobbit' the book does.

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.

Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.

I love stories that exist in this amped-up, personal world - sort of like 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday,' actually. That world really only exists inside that movie, but what a wonderful little world it is.

Dreams are the foundation of Hollywood. And dreams are the foundation of America.

Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

I watch the Dodgers every night - no reading anymore - and I dream that I could have hit that home run.

As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland,' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy.

When I look back, there was obviously the arch of my creativity and when I was young, I used to go to open homes with my mother and I used to imagine how I could make the space better and how people would live in it.

At the age of 10 I wrote and starred in a play that I took around to local old people's homes.

I love reading and learning. With acting, I get to put all that into my work and still get to do my homework and imagine I can do all these different jobs.

I've been writing ever since I was a child: I used to give my English teacher extra homework and say, 'What do you think of it? Give me a mark.'

I love games. I honestly can't imagine working with any other medium. I guess it would be akin to an artist who's doing commercial art and then goes into education, but it really frees you up to do all other kinds of creative stuff.