Grenville Kleiser Quotes

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

Anytime you put a challenge out there, people come up with a creative solution on the software side.

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it.

I'm not afraid of problem-solving. There is always a way.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions.

I don't have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy.

Innovation comes from, one, acknowledging yourself; two, studying and understanding the problem; and three, finding a solution.

It's a must to continually stay alert and aware because ideas come from everywhere. And beyond relying on your fine-tuned radar to pick up on the next inspiration, consider seeking mentors.

A lot of us saw Blackadder in terms of problem-solving - 'Did that work in that episode?' and so on. We were very picky.

Every idea that comes to mind I execute, or I look for outlets to put out ideas.

I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and think of something new, and that's where creativity comes in.

I see a problem and I invent some sort of solution to it.

When I'm problem-solving with something, I have, effectively, a CAD program in my head that's like a room that has specific qualities to it that I go to some deal of effort to populate. Textures and smells, something like that.

I give people ideas on how to solve intractable problems.

I just know once you're over your emotional outbursts, you'll come up with-' I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something,' Westley said.

To be successful in business and life, spot the possibilities while others look for problems.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.