“I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.” ThinkingIdeasShowsTvsSittingTv ShowsSitting Around Author:Damon Lindelof
“For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else.” LongIdeasMotherFatherGivenHurtGreat GiftsHurting Someone Author:Jennifer Lynch
“I had no idea how complicated and solitary it could be to write a simple book.” WritingBookIdeasSimpleComplicatedNo IdeaSolitary Author:Jenny Lawson
“Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.” WorldTwoIdeasTogetherCreativityRocksAround The WorldFlamesSparksSatisfyingNew Ideas Author:Jonah Lehrer
“This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.” PeopleKnowsIdeasDifferentUniqueAdministrationDifferent PeoplesRudy Author:Joe Lhota
“I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.” WorldIdeasFilmWonderEdgesIntenseHopefullyCinemaShockLove Films Author:Julia Leigh
“The idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.” IdeasDreamGuyScorsese Author:Logan Lerman
“I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.” PeopleThinkingIdeasCreativity Author:Melanie Laurent
“I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.” IdeasBrandsMaking MoneyFragranceLoathe Author:Adam Levine
“Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk about places where they played so beautiful and so clear in the beginning that there is nothing to say.” IfsKnowsIdeasPlayBeautifulClearPiecesOrchestra Author:Kurt Masur
“I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantIdeasGamesLanguageMy OwnFlowCopiesImageryOutside World Author:Margaret Mahy
“It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.” WellsIdeasCharacterStoriesHappensOriginalsSophisticatedOriginal Ideas Author:Margaret Mahy
“I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day.” WorldTryingIdeasStatesFightingLostNo IdeaVietnamKent Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father read stories to us kids out of. I liked the idea of the short story format.” BookIdeasStoriesKidsFatherVersionsShort StoryFablesFormat Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“Adele is great because she promotes the idea of being happy as you are.” Ideas Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongIdeasNextActorsKnowingConditionsInsecurityStabilityNot KnowingGoing To WorkContinuity Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.” IdeasModernIndiaConstitutionModernityModern India Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.” ArtIdeasHappensAmericaFilmNextFantasySticksVagueHigh ArtVague Ideas Author:Radha Mitchell
“I was so amazingly witty when I had the No. 1 movie, you have no idea. People laughed at every single one of my jokes. Then when I hadn't had a hit for three or four years, some of these same people pretended they didn't see me when I walked in the room.” PeopleYearsIdeasThreeRoomsFourJokesWittyNo IdeaLaughedFour Years Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions.” IdeasWholeRealityLawFallLeftWallIllusionBunch Author:Sarah McLachlan
“If there's a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it's that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes.” IfsYearsIdeasLastsNormalDiscoveryCancerVersionsGenesOncology Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.” WritingIdeasBigsCancerContemporaryPhrasesSwelling Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.” FirstsIdeasJobsFunFashionActressesAwfulLabelsMy SisterFirst Love Author:Sienna Miller
“I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates me.” WritingIdeasMy OwnMy FriendsWho You AreFamily And FriendsEnjoyableMy Own Life Author:Stephenie Meyer
“I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.” WorldIdeasTodayVisionImpossibleArchitectureHealAbsurdArchitectOld FashionedHeal The World Author:Thom Mayne
“So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course.” IdeasCoursesExistenceBackwardsTrajectory Author:Thom Mayne
“The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.” ThinkingHumansIdeasValuesGivenWalkingActivityCommunicateArchitectureAestheticRootedHuman ActivityAdded Value Author:Thom Mayne
“To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsIdeasRealWholeHappensCausesStrangeFameTestsThings HappenPeculiarStrange Things Author:Tobey Maguire
“The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.” PeopleThinkingWayIdeasActionSpeakEffectsPlanetsRippleRipple Effect Author:Victoria Moran
“The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.” WellsIdeasFantasyDebtGoing Away Author:Victoria Moran
“The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing.” KindIdeasMissingMaterialsCommunicationPossessionFrustratedShelvesConfinedCdsInteractiveMaterial Possessions Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.” KindIdeasReasonFallFoundBeliefExistenceQualityConsciousImmortalityAssociatesQuality Of LifeFalling OffContinuance Author:Albert J. Nock
“Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia.” MenIdeasEffortGroupsFemaleMalesRussiaProtestSomething NewDomainEmergingAccessories Author:Alexei Navalny
“Often when you get a really good script, and you receive the new pages, you see that the entire thing has been dumbed down. Films in the '30s and '40s, that were huge blockbusters, were very sophisticated in their language, and the ideas they brought. There were no questions about whether the audience would get it or not.” Has BeensIdeasFilmLanguageAudienceHugePagesScriptsSophisticatedBlockbuster Author:Connie Nielsen
“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.” TryingIdeasCharacterCitiesNew YorkIdentityLondonHotelVeniceSoho Author:Jean Nouvel
“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.” ThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasSelfHomeForceSacrificeAirDadDirectMy DadCrewSelf SacrificeAir ForceIndirect Author:Jeremy Northam
“Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.” MindKindIdeasHoursMorningMinutesWorstReadyBedPrivilegeCome UpGoldenAwakeCensorshipDrifting Author:Jo Nesbo
“When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea.” KnowsChildrenBookIdeasNamesChanceCasesGreat IdeaChildren's BooksGood Chance Author:Jo Nesbo
“When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life.” LooksIdeasCertainSizePlanesLive LifeAcceptableRejected Author:Kathy Najimy
“Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.” IdeasSongBehindsPlayerRocksBandGloryConceptsRock And RollDiggingRaggedCassettes Author:Krist Novoselic
“Working on 'Raising Hope' is a very hurry-up-and-wait activity, and I just always liked the idea of being as productive as I can be. I write because I don't just want that time to dissolve, where I'm sitting in a trailer staring blankly at the paintings of moccasins that came with the trailer.” WantWritingI CanIdeasWaitingPaintingActivitySittingStaringProductiveTrailersHurry Up And Wait Author:Lucas Neff
“Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”” IdeasNormalComplicatedRelativeOtherness Author:Meshell Ndegeocello
“Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.” ThinkingWorldWayKindIdeasInterestingEvolutionFantasticAnthropologyInteresting Places Author:Randy Newman
“So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the ideas wriggling, struggling to get free, like a cat trying to get out of your arms.” TryingIdeasStruggleArmsCatNotionObviousFootnotes Author:Ted Nelson
“The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.” WantIdeasSometimesFourWallPaperSpringPrisonConnectedFour Walls Author:Ted Nelson
“The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.” IdeasSpaceCuttingMaterialsLimitsKeep GoingConstraintsPrinting Author:Ted Nelson
“The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.” WayI CanIdeasBodyPeriodsPreparedStudiosExperimentsNew Ways Author:Chris Ofili