Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is. — James Purdy Copy Share Image
I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big,… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs. — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I'd be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
As National Socialists we see our program in our flag. In the red we see the social idea of the movement. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
When you build your network, keep yourself open to new ideas, concepts, and theories. Some of them may even contradict and challenge… — Cathy Engelbert Copy Share Image
I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas… — Gail Tsukiyama Copy Share Image
I believe if you can have an open dialogue about anything, whether it's a book or a movie or TV show, it's… — Kelly Marie Tran Copy Share Image
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate"… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
What if the Big Three automakers made products that were simple and easy to use - imagine a car with a user… — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Nature, the sun itself, produces color effects... instantaneously. The impression of these evanescent visions is what we make desperate attempts to catch… — Joaquin Sorolla Copy Share Image
Like an hourglass with a certain number of grains of sand within it, God has appointed your life to last only a… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
What is the fundamental hypothesis of science, the fundamental philosophy? We stated it in the first chapter: the sole test of the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten… — Cary Ann Hearst Copy Share Image
There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I think it's our unique product selection and the idea that everything we sell only can be purchased at Ikea. — Joseph Roth Copy Share Image
Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time. — Frederic Raphael Copy Share Image
In short, I'm pretty suspicious of the idea that there's a real and true and authentic world, and then a bunch of… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I love the idea of doing totally different types of guys for different projects. I love that I get to do this.… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive. — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
In a professional kitchen, the idea is to have your cooks not moving much while theyre cooking. You want them to stay… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom. — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
A normal life. Such a simple idea, but it's almost impossible for me to picture. — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
I like walking and hiking, and many of the ideas for songs have germinated from this. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
“You can't be stuck in the 'Idea Phase' forever, at some point you're just going to have to take a chance and… — Erik Hill Copy Share Image
What really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common. — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it. — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
Game ideas on Kickstarter have found loads of success, even when they're not as unusual as 'BlindSide.' — Jason Schreier Copy Share Image