Christopher Buckley Quotes

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it.

There is no secret orchard where ideas grow. Oh my, do I wish there were.

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

I like the creative aspect of developing a project.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

The most exciting time is when I think of an idea and how I imagine I can make it. It would be wonderful if there was a projector inside my eye that and it could just put the idea on the screen for people to see.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me.

You can't teach someone to be imaginative.

What I do enjoy is the creative process.

If I have a talent, it lies in the creative process.

Think of the imagination as a giant stone from which we carve out new ideas. As we chip away, our new ideas become more polished and refined. But if you start by editing your imagination, you start with a tiny stone.

One rule of invention: before you can invent it, you have to imagine it.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

To me, ideas are like annoying salespeople that only go away once I've built them.