Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

I have fantastic ideas.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.

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.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

Typically my ideas come to me in the most inane ways possible. I had the initial idea for 'Quantum Conundrum' while I was walking down the street to get breakfast. People are like, 'Whoa, what's your inspiration, is it something amazing?' No, I was just really hungry.

You can't rush inspiration.

I'm always creative.

I'm always looking for the creative spark. Always.

Sometimes the best ideas will come in the least inspiring places.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

When you have a brilliant idea, nobody is going to ask to see your diploma.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

We love experimentation. That's where the gold nuggets come from.

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

You never know where you're going to get inspiration.

I don't know what idea is going to hit me when.

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

In innovation, you're trying to create something from nothing.

Novelty always sparks ideas.