Dennis Ritchie Quotes

Of course you can't do anything completely original.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the same kind of thing. If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.

A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go.

If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.

Some are even so absurd as to suppose, that the stock of original ideas is exhausted.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

Novelty always sparks ideas.

Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist.

There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.

There's no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I've seen to an expression I've heard someone use.

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.

For me, it would be pointless to write a novel that I knew I could complete within a specific length of time. I could do that only by repeating something I had done before, and I've never wanted to do that.

You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.