Daniel H. Wilson Quotes

I have some ideas for things nobody's done before, and some are ideas bigger than me that I might be able to pull off, maybe.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

Google X is here to do moonshot-type projects. Not just shooting to the moon, but bringing the moon back to Earth.

I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.

A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.

Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without the straitjackets are generally the nuts.

Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction.

The 'Friday sessions' refer to something that you're not paid for and not supposed to do during your professional life. Curiosity-driven research. Something random, simple, maybe a bit weird - even ridiculous. Without it, there are no discoveries.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see that coming'.

All the big successes of my career have been ideas that, on paper, you think, 'Well nobody's going to go for this because that genre is so dead.'

I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

I want to go out there and do some different things that people are like, "Wow. That's crazy. Why didn't I think of that?"

Artists and scientists both think outside the box. They've got to come with genius experiments or ideas to expose the most interesting phenomena.

There's nothing like having some healthy competition. We really strive to think outside the box by taking the standard approach the then twisting it a little, all the while trying something new.

Leaders who can push themselves beyond their comfort zones and understand how to harness the power of reverse innovation have the chance to become the next great visionaries.

To take intellectual risks is to think about something that can't be done, that doesn't make any sense, and go for it responsibly.

If I start playing by the rules, I will inhibit myself of the possibilities that lie beyond. I don't like to be framed or given borders to operate in or curtail my thought process and as a writer it's not only my choice but also my need to go beyond the given framework.

If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.

I just like having creative solutions to tricky situations.

The way that Lucasfilm used ILM was George never restricted his thinking to things that he knew could be executed with the tools at the time. He would write what he thought would be cool and what he wanted from a storytelling standpoint with the assumption that, 'Well, they'll figure it out!'

The way creative people live is different from people who don't do anything creative.