“I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.” PeopleIdeasHelping Author:Amy Sedaris
“Crafting is putting ideas into action and then holding them together with an inexpensive adhesive.” IdeasActionTogetherHobbiesInexpensiveAdhesive Author:Amy Sedaris
“Usually, the best ideas come from other people's good ideas, which then, after a short gestation period, become your ideas.” PeopleIdeasPeriodsGood IdeasGestationGestation Period Author:Amy Sedaris
“Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write them in this book. Grab a separate sheet of paper. I didn't spend two and a half weeks writing a book just so you could mark up the pages with your silly ideas for things you can do with a flowerpot. When it comes down to it, what's wrong with a flowerpot not being a flowerpot? Why is nothing ever good enough for you?” WritingTwoBookIdeasEnoughUseCan DoImaginationAnswersHalfWeekExercisePaperPagesMarkCome UpSillyMusclesGood EnoughSheetsWriting A Book Author:Amy Sedaris
“Imagination! My problem is that I have so many ideas, I never have enough time to use them all. Just the other day I thought up eleven things I could do with a flowerpot. Eleven! Three of those things didn't even involve plants.” IdeasEnoughUseProblemThreeImaginationPlantElevenEnough Time Author:Amy Sedaris
“Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens, I'm always disappointed because it's never like what I imagined in my head. When an idea becomes a reality, then it's a job. I'd rather just think about it.” ThinkingNeedsIdeasEndsSometimesEnoughRealityHappensJobsDisappointed Author:Amy Sedaris
“I just hate the whole idea of labeling anything as a comedy. If you tell me something's funny, I'll want to rebel against it. When I go to a bookstore and see books categorized as humor, I get furious. Don't tell me that a book is funny. Let me decide if it's funny. It's the same with sitcoms. You call something a sitcom and people expect it to be funny. And that ruins everything.” PeopleIfsWantBookIdeasWholeHateComedyLet MeRuinsRebelSitcomBookstoresFuriousLabeling Author:Amy Sedaris
“I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing.” IdeasEndsConversationResponsibleEveningHatedRestaurantsSecondsDepressingGoing OutBeing ResponsibleWaitress Author:Amy Sedaris
“I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.” FeelsIdeasInspired Author:Amy Sedaris
