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> [“It was when I was walking that I could best think about my work and had all my ideas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-stovell/it-was-when-i-was-walking-that-i-could-best-think-about-my-work-and/)

[Sarah Stovell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-stovell/)

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> [Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-o-hara/night-time-really-is-the-best-time-to-work-all-the-ideas-are-there-to/)

[Catherine O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-o-hara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/catherine-o-hara-12956_asleep_night-time-really-is-the-best-time-to-wo_2534931.jpg)

> [I only work with the ideas I have. I only want to talk about stuff that happens to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baddiel/i-only-work-with-the-ideas-i-have-i-only-want-to-talk-about-stuff/)

[David Baddiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baddiel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/david-baddiel-4416_happens_i-only-work-with-the-ideas-i-have-i-only_2069273.png)

> [“Nighttime is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-o-hara/nighttime-is-really-the-best-time-to-work-all-the-ideas-are-there-to/)

[Catherine O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-o-hara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/catherine-o-hara-12956_best-time_nighttime-is-really-the-best-time-to-wor_488630.jpg)

> [You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gramm/you-have-to-work-with-the-ideas-and-give-them-a-little-push/)

[Lou Gramm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gramm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/lou-gramm-18822_giving_you-have-to-work-with-the-ideas-and-give_2699662.jpg)

> [I can’t wait fifteen years to do my work: Because my ideas are coming now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-ballantyne/i-can-t-wait-fifteen-years-to-do-my-work-because-my-ideas-are-coming/)

[Sheila Ballantyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-ballantyne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/sheila-ballantyne-28630_fifteen_i-can-t-wait-fifteen-years-to-do-my-work_2116537.jpg)

> [Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-o-hara/night-time-is-really-the-best-time-to-work-all-the-ideas-are-there-to/)

[Catherine O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-o-hara/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/catherine-o-hara-12956_best-time_night-time-is-really-the-best-time-to-wo_549059.jpg)

> [I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-have-had-work-or-ideas-come-through-me-from-a-source-that-i/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/elizabeth-gilbert-131_facts_i-have-had-work-or-ideas-come-through-me_1166852.jpg)

> [You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/you-know-even-i-have-had-work-or-ideas-come-through-me-from-a-source/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/elizabeth-gilbert-131_actually_you-know-even-i-have-had-work-or-ideas-c_563297.jpg)

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