Christopher Morley Quotes

My goal is to create a therapy of ideas, to try to bring in new ideas so that we can see the same old problems differently.

A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.

If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.

I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking.

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.

I love to run. It's how I clear my head.

The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like 'Belko' was incredibly helpful to the creative process.

I like to go for a run - it really clears my head and releases any stress from the day.

I might even go for walks, just kind of come up with ideas in my head and then even sleep over it. And, yeah, the next day, when I wake up in the morning, I feel like that's when the ideas come, because you kind of wake up fresh and clean. You're not influenced from music on the radio or any other source.

It's what my friends always tell me, that I'm a strong person and the best. But my head has to be clear before I run so nothing upsets me.

Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new ideas and insights to occur. If you don't know what comes next in the story... clean your toilet. Change the bed sheets. For Christ sakes, dust the computer. A better idea will come.

The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.

Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.

You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.

Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition … we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts. And equally, of course, whenever we rebel against the sterile rigidity of formal thought and exposition and let our ideas run wild, we likewise lose. As I see it, the advances in scientific thought come from a combination of lose and strict thinking, and this combination is the most precious tool of science.

We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.