Steven Spielberg Quotes

If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'

Creativity has got to have some edge to it, doesn't it?

Big ideas we tend to like are the ones that seem impossible or crazy.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

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.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

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.

I like to try and be outside of the box or do things that other people aren't doing.

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

There's no such thing as a cautious creative.

I'm somebody who explores extraordinary possibilities, not ordinary ones.

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

I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

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.