Khaled Hosseini Quotes

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

You never know what you find once you really get going.

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

I leave a lot open so I can fill it in later. If I don't have any ideas right away, I can fill it in later.

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.

There is something about a theatre room that is really like a laboratory for trying things and failing, because you have time to do that, and you can explore something deeply and discard it if it's not working.

I try to just keep chipping away at, you know, this little idea you may start with and then work on something for seven, eight months. Eventually it just kind of turns into something.

A lot of great inventions are just little improvements on past ideas.

My initial ideas are just a starting place. As a record goes along, it becomes more about making discoveries and getting excited about new songs.

I don't know how to explain it, but when you're working on something constantly, and you're digging in deep, things kind of fall in, and you grab them, and you're like, 'That one!' and 'That thing!' and it starts to build something right.

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me.

Nothing is so fatal to the progress of the human mind as to suppose that our views of science are ultimate; that there are no mysteries in nature; that our triumphs are complete, and that there are no new worlds to conquer.

I've never been one of those guys who storyboards every frame, because that would take away some of the mystery and some of the fun.

The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.

I just start writing, and in the process, one hopefully comes up with ideas and solutions and explores all the little nooks and crannies.

A lot of our creative flow comes from a place of curiosity and exploration. It often feels like we're excavating and asking questions and not just giving answers but really just exploring.

I don't have any particular recipe. It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck, you might find a way out.

A lot of the qualities in 'Killing and Dying' is sort of a response to work I'd done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.

The thing about the creative process is it's so chaotic.

I like creation even if it is a bit difficult. It is always very exciting.

If you tell people what everything is before they have a chance to experience it, then I feel like it's a much different experience.

Give the composer time to experiment, time to try out ideas. Also, the time to fail. When the composer has very little time, the temptation is to reach for stock ideas - ideas they know will work and have worked in the past.