Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Because of all the various people who've come in and out and brought along ideas, I've been on a learning curve throughout all these years. Of course, everyone that's been involved has influenced me as well. And I'm grateful for that.

I've found that many of the greatest ideas surface in bars because that's where many people cultivate inspiration.

When you have a situation where you're hanging out with 20 or 30 other artists, then there's insane amounts of creativity in the room.

I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.

I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people.

Your ideas dry up sometimes, and you get lazy sometimes 'cause you're around the same people. That was the good thing about having different directors. You had to stay on your toes.

I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers.

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.

Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing

I had an old typewriter and a big idea.

I absolutely adore the alchemy of a bit of an idea.

I had the perfect accident for the perfect idea. I was rendered immobile where the only thing I could do is mess with my computer.

I'm just working with ideas in my head and with drawings that the artists did. And suddenly to see these things come to life in movies - it's just wonderful.

I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful place to be for people. So, the next time you're sitting in a park somewhere, and you see someone like me looking at you, don't phone the police. I'm just writing

I love to kind of people watch; that's part of what I do as an actor and creative person and sort of step back and watch others.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room.

It's easy to see that two people might come up with that same idea.

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.

Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop… suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.

Nobody needs a movie to give them an idea.

Everything can inspire me. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but I find inspiration in literally just about everything. As an actor, I have to watch people and observe their behaviors - this is how I create characters. My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road. Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.

Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.

Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.

[My work] just develops and develops, and I'm very nicely served by the universe: just as I'm ready to take the conversation further with myself, some other individual pops up, like David McKenzie did, with this idea of making this film [Teknolust], and provides exactly the leap to the next adventure.