Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.
Being able to chuck ideas around and bounce ideas off each other with anyone I'm working with is just something I love to do, that's how most of these ideas are formed.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.
To me, ideas are like annoying salespeople that only go away once I've built them.
When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.
My job is to put as many ideas out there as possible every day. Some of them will get traction, some won't - some of them shouldn't.
I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.
If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.
You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person? And then I make sure I ask it early in the interview.
I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
I'm a builder. I build ideas and give them to the people, and they receive them in such a wonderful way.
Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
If I'm saying something with an intelligent background, then at least it is creating conversation. Whether that conversation is people agreeing or disagreeing, I'm happy.
We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.
Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
Hypothetical questions are good because they're usually on the mark.
Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.
You don't want to throw out a good idea and have nobody get excited about it. It takes the wind out of your sails.
I didn't really have any interest in producing anything.
When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.
