James Horner Quotes

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.

I've always thought abstractly - through theme and variations rather than narrative.

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

I like the creative aspect of developing a project.

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

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.

What I do enjoy is the creative process.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

Blank paper has always inspired me.

I like it when I can hear directly from the writer: what they're seeing, what they're envisioning, and what their intention is.

I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave.

I don't have a drawer full of ideas. I kind of look around and take notes and wonder what could actually be a whole movie. And each time, I think I'm going to do it more commercial this time; I'm going to get a big budget and make it. But I always come up with some small idea.

I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.

When I write, it's like watching a movie in my head.

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

I tend to have an endless number of ideas for writing projects. I don't necessarily say that as a good thing. Maybe it's a good thing, but I have ideas for all kinds of projects: contemporary novels, graphic novels, anything that happens to go through my mind.

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

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised by the directions things take when I actually start writing.

Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.