Quotes About Imagination

He loved life. He loved the stars silently glowing down at him tonight. He loved even the gray, lifeless rock, which recalled to his imaginative genius the terrific and interesting life that had once existed--he loved the ghostly majesty of the grave-like pinnacle that rose above him, and beyond that he loved all the world. But most of all, more than his own life or all that a thousand lives might hold for him, he loved the violet-eyed girl.

Strange things are said to have happened in this world — some are said to be happening still — but half of them, if I'm any judge, are lies.

He'd given up squid merchanting when he'd found that the creatures inhabited his dreams, all leggy and cold.

There was something wonderful, though, in doing useless work. You could turn it into a sort of art.

True poets lead no one unawares. It is nothing other than awareness that poets-that is, creators of all sorts-seek. They do not display their art so as to make it appear real; they display the real in a way that reveals it to be art.

El problema es que para cuando los profesores han acabado contigo, han arrasado completamente tu creatividad. Habla con los buenos estudiantes de «sobresaliente» y descubrirás que se han olvidado, en primer lugar, de porqué querían ser artistas. Todo lo que saben es reciclar la vieja basura rígida que aprendieron en la escuela.

Tell me again what we're doing here, I said, running a continuous scan of our surroundings. Fang popped some Cracker Jack into his mouth. We're here to watch manly men do manly things. I followed Fang's line of sight: He was watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who were not doing manly things, by any stretch of the imagination.

We will destroy you," the Flyboys droned. "You have no escape." That was the most imaginative, threatening thing the whitecoats had programmed these 'droids to say? "Talk about lame," Fang muttered.

Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world! Max: (Raises her eyebrows) Gazzy: Not that I would want to, of course, (coughs)

James Patterson

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another.

do you ever have dirty thoughts about spongebob?

It was the building from the drawing in my brain. And if you don't think that's a weird sentence, maybe you should reread it.

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which also feature a character named Max who escapes from a quiet despicable school. Most of the similarities end there. Max and the other kids in Maximum Ride are not the same Max and kids featured in those two books. nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in Maximum Ride. I hope you enjoy the ride anyways.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it.

When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

You...are...a...fridge...with wings. We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.

There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books.

Just because life is hard and always ends in a bad way doesn't mean that all stories have to. Even if that's what they tell us in school and the New York Book Review.

If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even worst, you'll be missing out on one of the best experiences you can possibly have. Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.

Jeb climbed the ladder Fang had just lowered and I indulged in a moments fantasy about someone slamming the trapdoor on his head."-max

Yeah sure,why not?i said,making a mental note to get a good look at his wings. For all I knew, they were remote-controlled and duct taped to his back." -max