Janet Fitch Quotes

I like to make something different and interesting.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

I'm inspired by almost everything I come across in life, and one way or another they find themselves sneaking into my stories.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Some people say there's nothing new under the sun. I still think that there's room to create, you know. And intuition doesn't necessarily come from under this sun. It comes from within.

The best things that capture your imagination are ones you hadn't thought of before and that aren't talked about in the news all the time.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.

I'm a fan of originals and classics, but I'm also a fan of new ideas.

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.

I read, I watch a lot of movies, I'm constantly living, so I'm constantly having more to say.

For me, the best moments in storytelling are the ones where I feel I'm discovering something.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

There are so many avenues to explore and stories to tell. It's just about finding new ways of telling them.

I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.

I'm always looking to make something that didn't exist before, fumbling about in the dark, not just while making a collection. The search for something new is a constant in my everyday life. But constantly searching for something new is like looking for a well in a desert.

I'm very creative, intuitive - I like to entertain.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.