Quotes About Creativity

People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.

When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.

I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.

Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

I make movies I want to see.

WRITER Actors come and go, pal—you guys are the furniture, okay? What I write is the house. Let's not get all precious about it . . .

Whatever is left behind in the passing of a rare talent, so much is always lost.

The keystone of any artistic construction is contained in that simple question, what is the intention?

In every tool we create, an idea is embedded that goes beyond the function of the thing itself.

Popular literature now depends more than ever on the wishes of the audience, not the creativity of the artist.

It is quite probable that the most original problem solving activity students engage in school is related to the invention of systems for beating the system.

in 1892, Procter and Gamble invited the public to submit rhymes to advertise Ivory Soap.

she's sure she's going to be the next J. K. Rowling.

Don't listen to those who say you're taking too big a chance. [If he had], Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

Sketchbooks and journals are the street lamps that illuminate the artist's journey.

If you make your own rules in life, rather than going by those laid down by others, you find that it becomes a lot more enjoyable.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.