David Ogilvy Quotes

Most of my ideas just come out funny.

Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on.

In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever.

To be really great, you need to be naturally funny in order to stand out. But you can work at it, and find the best vehicle that you have to communicate what you're saying to people.

The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring.

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

I mean, the most important thing to me is imagination.

I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

Ideas are the root of creation.