Idris Elba Quotes

If innovations were predictable, they wouldn't be discoveries.

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

If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.

All I know is, I'm trying to do things that are a little different whenever I can.

If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it really were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right?

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

If your goal is to change the world, you can't start by doing things the same old way because it sells better.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

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.

How to teach people to do what hasn't been done is a great riddle.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.'

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

We like to try doing new things in the shows and doing things that we haven't done before.

I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.

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

It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.

If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.