Quotes About Imagination

The move to creating stories was a natural progression for me, but the most pivotal time was probably in 6th grade: That year, a friend introduced me to the stories of Ray Bradbury, and a student teacher introduced me to creative writing.

Students can't dream big when classrooms lack books, microscopes, and robotics kits - or even paper, pencils, and paste.

The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME and did picture it when I was writing 'Cum Laude.' So many of the physical details were included, like the loop where people jogged. The story of the chapel is also borrowed from Colby... but the students and cast of characters are fictional.

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

I studied realism when I was in art school.

I never studied fashion design.

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.

I've never studied psychology.

When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.

I think, for me, there's The Book I Should Write and The Book I Wanted to Write - and they weren't the same book. The Book I Should Write should be realistic, since I studied English Lit. It should be cultural. It should reflect where I am today. The Book I Wanted to Write would probably include flying women, magic, and all of that.

I studied method acting for four years and I'm a big believer in the idea that it's not about the actual experience itself. You don't have to go through exactly what this character has gone through.

I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.

The writer studies literature, not the world.

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size.

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.

When I'm in the studio, there are no boundaries.

The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.