Julia Glass Quotes

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that.