Assuming Quote by Ann Patchett

I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that…

— Donald Trump

If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.

— Janet Fitch

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to…

— Andy Rooney

Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't…

— Karl Lagerfeld

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

— Patricia C. Wrede

One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my…

— Patricia C. Wrede

Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does not end…

— John D. Arnold

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

— Lee Iacocca

It’s always hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it rather than going around telling you their ideas and saying how they could…

— Arthur M. Jolly

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work. If you're passionate about an idea that's stuck in your head, find a way to…

— Dennis Crowley