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There’s a certain amount of intuitive thinking that goes into everything…. I have a pile of stuff in my brain, a pile of stuff from all the books I’ve read and all the movies I’ve seen. Every piece of artwork I’ve ever looked at. Every conversation that’s inspired me, every piece of street art I’ve… Continue reading Untitled

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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they… Continue reading Untitled

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A good story doesn’t feel like an illusion. What it feels like is life. Literally. A recent brain-imaging study … Reveals that the regions of they brain that processes the sights, sounds, tastes, and movement of real life are activated when we’re engrossed in a compelling narrative. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story

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Story…was crucial to our evolution—-more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story

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You have to finish things – that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things. Neil Gaiman

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Originality depends on new and striking combinations of ideas. It is obvious therefore that the more a man knows the greater scope he has for arriving at striking combinations. Rosamund Harding

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The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas. James Webb Young

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To create anything … is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic Tom Bissell

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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have. Maya Angelou