Down and Quote by Lucinda Williams

I keep a notebook of ideas, and sometimes ideas form in your head that you just have to write down, or you'll forget them.

— Himesh Patel

During the course of the year a number of ideas just come up automatically. I could be walking down the street. Or shaving. An…

— Woody Allen

I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over. They are my compost pile of ideas.

— Louise Erdrich

I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something…

— Allison Joseph

I've always kept a notebook in my pocket, I've always written stuff down since I was a kid.

— Gord Downie

I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.

— John Lennon

I have a folder in my office with about 400 ideas in it. So it will take me another 40 years to get through those.

— James Patterson

Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff, or material for Motley, I just write to write. I come up with it and put things…

— Tommy Lee

I usually just have ideas when I have them.

— Vince Staples

I'm writing all the time when I'm at home. When I'm on the road, I just get ideas, and I put it on my…

— Beth Hart

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

— Brian Eno

I keep a writer's notebook and also put all my daily schedules and to-do lists in it.

— Celeste Ng