Chris Jordan Quotes

I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas.

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.

I like working with writer-directors because you can solve problems right there.

The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

Imagination decides everything.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Although the tech industry is very open to change, many people still have a closed-off mentality where, in the interest of protecting their ideas, they keep them hidden in dark caves.

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

One of my favorite things about 'Castle' is the fact our writers and producers are so collaborative. They allow us to bring in ideas, and they try to make them happen for us.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

In a knowledge economy, natural selection favors organizations that can most effectively harness and coordinate collective intellectual energy and creative capacity.

I keep a creative group around me.

If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.

I think you always win in storytelling when you let the best creative ideas guide you.

One of the biggest turnoffs is being presented with an idea that's already, to a degree, complete. That's not an adventure, and it's not a learning experience. It's more of a chore. Then you become a technician with taste, as opposed to an explorer and an author.

The vision people have of a director is completely flawed - someone with a crystalline vision of everything they're going to do. How boring would that be? It's a creative and collaborative process.

In all the stuff I do, I really like it most when I'm being creative and collaborative, working with people who have my kind of energy around me.

I want to involve creativity more in technology and business. It is obvious that for us to be successful, a healthy relationship with creativity is needed.

Every collaboration with a new person is like when you take a bin of Legos and dump them on the floor. All of the pieces to work with are right there. A floor full of Legos is full of possibilities.

I'm a big believer in bringing in other creative minds; I do it in my commercial work.

If you really want to step up your team's creative thinking, take a hard look at how many people you're putting in a room together. More than three to five is probably too many.

Jeph Loeb has been great to work with, and he's been really supportive of some really bizarre ideas I've had.

I'm always around creative people, and I'm trying to work on something constantly at all times.