Books Quote by Neil Gaiman

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

One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know.…

— Scott Westerfeld

I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will…

— Robert B. Parker

“You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.”

— Neil Gaiman

When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's like asking…

— Connie Willis

“An idea in your head is merely an idle notion. But an idea written down, that's the beginning of something! Stripped down to its…

— Patricia T. O'Conner

Technique bridges among ideas, and sometimes generates them.

— Mason Cooley

“Writing is about bringing words together to fullfill a purpose!!”

— Angela Y. Hodge

The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks…

— John Malkovich

The art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea.

— Virginia Woolf

“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.”

— C. Toni Graham

“But for the rest of us, we should be regularly reassessing why we write. When we know what we’re going for (human impact? fame?…

— Tasha Golden