A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.
Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity...when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.
When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.
Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.
Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses.
A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.
I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.
I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it
For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade.
Creativity is no less challenging or exciting when the mystery is stripped from the creative process. The most beautiful flowers grow under careful cultivation from common soil.
Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.
I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again.
We are asking a really fundamental question whether thought can ever be creative. If thought is not the ground of creation then what is creation? Is love the only factor that is creative?
Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
Originality is in the eye of the beholder.
I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
