Dev Anand Quotes

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

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'

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

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

You can't rush inspiration.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.

Sometimes, you don't know where your inspiration's going to come from.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.

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!

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.

You don't get inspiration sitting at a drawing board or in front of your computer.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear.

What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.

Part of a writer's job is just spacing out, looking into the air and imagining things.

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

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

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.