Quotes About Imagination

I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated.

If an actor only comes alive when he has lines to say, it doesn't work, and the same goes for illustrated characters.

I was a big 'MAD Magazine' fan when I was a kid, and I read a lot of horror comics - I illustrated as well.

In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.

To me, this is one of the great things about writing kids' books: the illustrations.

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

Men create the gods in their own image.

The image is an image.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

You're just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you're just narrating it with music, letting it move along.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.

Trying to live the image of the life which you have in your head... it's really hard not to do that, but I do think maybe it's cheating.

Everyone knows that when you look at a television ad, you do not expect to get information. You expect to see delusion and imagery.

So many car commercials are shot in the Salt Flats, and so much great imagery comes out of that place, but I've never been there, and I'm curious.

It may be that learning to do creative work of any kind - not just direct imagery exercises - may help combat writer's block.

Imagery is like music.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

I do feel that it's very important to see positive imagery.

I know how important imagery is.