I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very ….

You love me this much..

My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life..

Real life is physical. Give me books instead. Give me the invisibility of the contents of books, the thoughts, the ideas, the images. Let me become p….

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of….

And Twin Peaks, the Film is the craziest film in the history of cinema. I have no idea what happened, I have no idea what I saw, all I know is that I….

An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoug….

This country needs to take a deep breath. We are a strong, resilient nation. And the idea that the Russians hacked our election needs to be investiga….

I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic br….

The only reason I got into stand-up was because my brother told me to. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. I was 17 and my brother wen….

A genius is a man who has two great ideas..

The soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses; it is in this fire that existence consists; all the observations and all the efforts o….

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt..

I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound guy, I'll take it. Fil….

I never started from ideas but always from character..

Finding yourself in a hole, at the bottom of a hole, in almost total solitude, and discovering that only writing can save you. To be without the slig….

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a….

a novel is not born of a single idea. The stories I've tried to write from one idea, no matter how terrific an idea, have sputtered out and died by c….

Non-violence is not a passive idea. It is ethical activism at its political best.

I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old fashione….

... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning..