Quotes About Imagination

I wonder if some artists determine their entire identity through that which they create. How dangerous! Imagine if they were to stop creating!

I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

I did wonder what it would be like if I could have hair.

If I could, I'd love to make 'Dragon's Dogma 2' - it'd be awesome.

I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.

I would read all day if I could.

When I started, I was a theater actress, and there were roles that I couldn't imagine not playing, like Rosalind in 'As You Like It.' I used to think I would die if I could play that. But then I started doing movies, and I had children, and I moved to Los Angeles. And now I kind of can't remember what those roles would be.

I love J. K. Rowling. If I could meet any person, I would meet her.

I don't think I have a very novelistic brain. I like to read, but I don't know if I could ever write a novel.

I used to say that if I could get paid to read books, my life would be made.

As a kid, I thought if I could move my feet fast enough, I could run on water.

There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it.

Ignorance is bliss as a writer, I think.

Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

My love of science fiction comes from the idea of being able to explore ideas and concepts to an either logical or illogical extreme.

Sometimes art helps illuminate science.

I believe in illusion - I don't believe in magic.

We're all living in some state of illusion, even if modestly.

Time is an illusion anyway. You can create as much time as you want.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

All of the characters at Marvel were my ideas, but the ideas meant nothing unless I had somebody who could illustrate it.