Denis Leary Quotes

Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.

You have no idea what's going to happen [in Downton Abbey] until you get the script. We roughly knew a couple of the key points that were going to happen, but when I got the last episode, I turned to the last page to check that I was still alive.

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.

You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.

Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.

Each kind of story has its own problems in writing, but my main concern really is to keep the reader on his toes, or to keep the strip unpredictable. I try to achieve some sort of balance between the two that keeps the reader wondering what's going to happen next and be surprised.

Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.

I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going to.

Ideas can come while reading a good novel.

Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the beginning of a story. I always have a notebook with me so that I can write down what I see and hear.

Surely it was time someone invented a new plot, or that the author came out from the bushes.

But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.

Probably a good idea, let me know how it ends" "I already know how it ends" "You read the ending first?" "I always read the ending before I commit to the whole book." "If you know how it ends, why read the book?" "I don't read for the ending. I read for the story".

Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inclusion in the domain.

I got in trouble with the stern-faced Russians who didn't want me to create a guy who is mortal.

Some of my ideas for film or theater come to me in dreams. I'm also very creative when I'm talking to others. I believe in collaboration.

You hope that the ideas will come together. You just don't know. That's part of what I suppose is part of being brave and putting creative work out there.

If I have ideas, I want to put them in the movie. It's not a minimalist approach at all but I feel like it's for the audience. It's about seeing how much texture we can give it and seeing how many things are there for people to latch on to... I just want to do it the way I want and I feel like it won't be helpful for me if I start worrying about that. I just have to follow my instincts. Everyone is going to respond differently to it and everybody's right - that's their point of view. That's how the story intersects with their lives.