Quotes About Imagination

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

Where I grew up, there was a mysticism and creativity to everything. Everyone made things with their hands.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.

As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom.

I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids couldn't wait for the next 'Orpheus' story, the next 'Jason and the Argonauts.'

I've actually written a children's film called 'The Myth,' which you could say is like a big 'Harry Potter'-esque fantasy for kids, and that's a film I would love to see get made. That's a dream project of mine.

Human beings enjoy the myth of romance.

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.

I love anything that's mythical, and fantasy is one of my favourite genres.

If a star football player can have a mythical girlfriend, why can't I have a mythical Congress?

A unicorn is a mythical creature that you've never seen before. And a unicorn player, he makes plays and does stuff you've never seen before.

When I was growing up we didn't have TV in our house which is perhaps why I work in TV because it seemed such a mythical thing!

The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

I'm really proud of all the stuff we've built with Green Lantern - from Larfleeze to the different corps. The universe has expanded and will live well past my run. It was more than just telling another story, but really giving back to the character by expanding and adding to their mythology.

The idea of science fiction, mythology, and creating a world is my favourite thing. I do love the reality of dramas and playing that, but being able to start from scratch, to completely build the character and this world, I love that.

I'm very much a word-centric writer, and that comes from the literature and the reading that I did as kid and also the films and mythology and stories.

I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.

I am attracted to myths.

You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.

As an actress, you have to be very naive.

When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.