Everyone has a story, the air is full of stories. The creative process is mysterious, I don't know why it is that… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?" And the answer is:… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to… — John Green Copy Share Image
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the… — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what… — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I think that the creative process, especially in the beginning of making an album, I'm feeling very fragile, so to speak, because… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
We know only what we do, what we make, what we construct; and all that we make, all that we construct, are… — Naum Gabo Copy Share Image
“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day.… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular. There is a creative… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
Just by default, because I don't have kids on my bus, I'm putting the studio on my bus. Where everybody else is… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to… — Dale Watson Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm not behind the bar like I used to be. But something that I always loved about that job was the… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic.… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I see the creative accomplishments of which highly gifted humans are capable as special cases of the universal creative process, that game… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
“I think ‘slow writing’ is the answer when the feeling of burn out threatens, something akin to the ‘slow food’ movement. Anxiety… — Rosaleen Love Copy Share Image
The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
I don't like to do things the same way every time. You always want to be evolving as a composer, and if… — Christopher Tin Copy Share Image
Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I’ve never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view... If you’re involved with imagination… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The handwritten pages make for fun giveaways. If someone reviews one of my books online, like on Amazon or Goodreads, they can… — Brian Pinkerton Copy Share Image
We didn’t want to disrupt the creative process. We have the chance to make the films we want because the films are… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
The trick, of course, is to lose one day and come back to win the next. But that is possible only when… — John H. Lienhard Copy Share Image
There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Creative processes are always very opaque. Afterwards, you tend to pretend that everything was planned and it was a strategy, but it… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
The technology companies don't understand creative things at all. Silicon Valley's view of the creative process in Hollywood is a bunch of… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
I will say there have been occasional times - not when I'm playing, but when I'm studying - that I have found… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does… — John D. Arnold Copy Share Image
“Those insights in science that have led to a breakthrough were not logically derived from preexisting knowledge: The creative processes on which… — William Lanouette Copy Share Image
Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
“For you to reach a state of creative enlightenment, you must wage war on yourself, and start working. Only then will inspiration… — Chris Erzfeld Copy Share Image
There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people… — Adam Duritz Copy Share Image
There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image