John Edgar Wideman Quotes

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I loved the world of imagination.

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing to do, because you are trying to take what's a fantasy in your head and make it live through the minds of 200 people.

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations.

Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game, and it gives me to the option to be able to jump into fashion.

All of the characters at Marvel were my ideas, but the ideas meant nothing unless I had somebody who could illustrate it.

Creativity was definitely a big part of our household, and I remember always writing stories and being encouraged to be creative.

Writing and producing television very much speaks to the extroverted part of my personality. I love collaboration, the joint effort of hundreds of people working together to create something. But the other part of who I am is extremely introverted. I love being alone and dreaming up ideas and writing novels.

I think communication is massive in football and in all sports in general.

In terms of the symbolism, I think that if you do it right, writing is a bit like dreaming.

I enjoy making plays for my teammates.

Like I always say, it's a five-on-five game.

I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams.

I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.

When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.

I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.

I want to involve creativity more in technology and business. It is obvious that for us to be successful, a healthy relationship with creativity is needed.

Basketball is a team game. When you play 100 games in a season, you definitely need everyone to help out.

During the game, you don't really notice how many guys have touched the ball because you're just focusing on where you need to be.

It's basketball. At the end of the day everyone wants to win, and that's really the reason why we play is to win.