Dodie Smith Quotes

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring.

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.

We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything. Several new science papers suggest that getting away is an essential habit of effective thinking. When we escape from the place we spend most of our time, the mind is suddenly made aware of all those errant ideas we'd previously suppressed. We start thinking about obscure possibilitiebsthat never would have occurred to us if we'd stayed home.

There is no such thing as a strange world, only a new world.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

I think we're giving people something new that people didn't know was out there before.

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.

An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

Children reinvent your world for you.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I've got nothing very original to say myself.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

You always have to find some new ways. Old ways are too known.

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.