Stephen Leacock Quotes

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

Without passion, there is no genius.

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

I always want to remain inspired.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I'm sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

Everything begins with an idea.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

Genius is initiative on fire.

I have enough love to last me a lifetime! Thank God I'll never lose my imagination and my passion. That's really what it is. I'm still passionate about what I do.

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.