Edward P. Jones Quotes

Typically my ideas come to me in the most inane ways possible. I had the initial idea for 'Quantum Conundrum' while I was walking down the street to get breakfast. People are like, 'Whoa, what's your inspiration, is it something amazing?' No, I was just really hungry.

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!'

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

When you stop thinking about something, the idea comes to you. It seems to work.

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

The truth is, it is hard to know where ideas come from.

Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.

If you're thinking about the idea in the shower. If you're thinking about the idea while you're walking your dog, there's probably something to it.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

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

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

Imagination is the air of mind.

Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a party, you can get an idea. But you've got to remember those inspirations.

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

I don't go in search of ideas; I try to let them find me.

Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.

When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.

For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.

Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.

You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear.