Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

You can't rush inspiration.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.

I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

Ideas come from somewhere. People don't come up with these ideas from nowhere. Something triggers your thoughts.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

Typically my ideas come to me in the most inane ways possible. I had the initial idea for 'Quantum Conundrum' while I was walking down the street to get breakfast. People are like, 'Whoa, what's your inspiration, is it something amazing?' No, I was just really hungry.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.