Quotes About Exploration

I like to be out of my depth - that's when I learn the most.

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

I don't quite know what a record is anymore. I don't quite know how to describe it. Don't know how to define it yet, so I'm just letting it gestate, and grow and see if maybe I'll get a better sense of what a record is.

I'm more into describing a scenario and I move around in that scenario.

In fantasy and science fiction, world-building is an essential part of the story. But as a reader, I don't just want descriptions of food, clothing, and places. I want to understand the world to its core, through the eyes of those who live in it.

It's different if you're self-fed by a culture such as the U.S. where it's so rich, you don't have to look outside. Everything's already there. But when you grow up in the desert, you have to be looking all over for inspiration.

How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?

I have thought for a long time that one day, if I finally got to deserve it, I would love to write about the minds of invertebrates.

As a designer looking to the future, you don't want to get lost in the archives.

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

I do not want to say I'm a product designer. I've been trying all my life to not be categorized, to learn something and then to forget about it.

The thing that's great about being a costume designer is you never know what's going to be next; you never what world you are going to enter.

Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.

I'm one of those designers who can be inspired by absolutely anything, anywhere in the world.

I didn't want a desk job; I knew I'd get bored.

I make it my business to see or do something cultural in every place I go to. If you don't, you'll get into a state of constant despair.

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of different stuff, taking whatever opportunities are there, to see what works.

I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure.

Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.

Europe is one of the best travel destinations in the world.

The real pleasure of cruising is arriving at a new destination.

Writing in public gives you that access to a junkyard of details all around you.

Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning more about a play or a concept.

Delving into history is not an escape for me. I'm like a detective, sniffing for clues with a terrier-like excitement.