Quotes About Imagination

Science fiction writers, when I was a kid, were a big deal.

Sometimes I feel like I don't dream big enough.

I feel like kids don't dream big enough. With art being taken out of school, it's important to know you can create as well.

I've always been a big fan of books.

I'm a big fan of cel animation, I'm a big fan of computer animation, and, most of all, I'm a big fan of stop-motion animation.

I'm a really big fan of Monique Heart. I always think she has some really creative ideas.

Big ideas we tend to like are the ones that seem impossible or crazy.

I love 'Richard III,' but in terms of a general play, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has always been a big one for me. It's just so sexy.

I got into writing because books and stories were always a big part of my life. I loved listening to them and then reading them, and I loved making them up.

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

Not all stories are meant for the big screen.

There's nothing like watching hand-drawn animation on the big screen.

I was big time into Barbie.

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story.

I never knew the word 'billion' when I was a kid.

I loved writing fiction. I mean, once I found the character, or the characters, and knew who they were and knew their back-stories, it really - I mean, I went into my studio every day, thinking, 'What's gonna happen to Billy today?'

I used to picture myself as the old guy eating the Early Bird Specials in the mall.

The best thing you can do when you're not feeling funny is go out and get more stimuli from the world, get out and walk around, read a book, go talk to some birds or a dog and replenish the well, as it were.

My 3rd birthday party was 'Funny Girl' themed.

I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.

I was an electrician, and now I'm in 'Electric Dreams.' It's almost bizarre.

I used to have these reoccurring dreams that I played guitar, which I thought was so bizarre. It all sort of fit together at some point, and I said 'I want to play guitar.'

I've been dreaming to do sci-fi since I was 10 years old, and I said 'no' to a lot of sequels - I couldn't say 'no' to 'Blade Runner.'