Gillian Flynn Quotes

I like to create whatever that pops up in my head, bring whatever idea to life.

A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.

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!

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

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

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

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

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

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.

As I get on and films take four years to complete, I tend to have a hankering for very short projects so you can move on to the next idea. It's the ideas I'm interested in. What comes out of your head.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

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.

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.

I am constantly thinking of different ideas and formats for TV shows. I am in a place where anything is possible if you want to do it.