Honore de Balzac Quotes

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I get ideas about things I want to make and then I throw myself into it with everything I have.

I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

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

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

I think you can spread yourself way too thin way too easily, so when I'm trying to create, I'm trying to create ideas for projects and have a vision for other people.

Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

I'm a very early riser, and so I like to get up and try hard to write before the day even really gets started. Just me and a pot of coffee - I find I can get a lot done that way.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

I don't know how I'd be retired. I wake up every day with another idea.

I do some of my best work when I'm dead.