Quotes about "Creativity & Arts"

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it. ”

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here. ”

I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I've also never slept very much due to this overactive imagination and my brain constantly thinking. ”

You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe. ”

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination. ”

There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give up again. On other days I get intensely - focused on the process, sit down at 8 A.M. and won't get up until 8 P.M. ”

The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations. ”

I don't read many popular histories like the ones I write. The building blocks for my research are scholarly monographs, and the inspiration for my storytelling style are folks like Chekhov. ”

The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me. ”

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. ”