Creative Storage Quotes

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

I think it's important as artists to always keep creating and always have stuff in the archive because you never know when you will need them. I'm that kind of artist. I always plan.

I sometimes feel fiction is the ideal preservation for real memories. Fiction is such a good place to keep things.

I have a shoebox: for ideas, fragments, snatches of conversation I hear. I scrawl it down, throw the scraps in the box. Every time I start a new script I start picking through the pieces. Suddenly you get five pieces together and think: this is almost the first Act of a movie, if I flesh it out a bit.

I recently discovered Artkive, a wonderful app that allows you to archive your child's artwork and create cool gifts like photo albums, mugs, mousepads, etc. It's very easy to use, and since Arabella is such a talented artist, I'm a pro!

I have a magpie mind, by which I mean I see and hear little things - photos, fragments of conversation - and store them away for future use.

When Rae got back, she spread her empty hands wide and said "Okay, guess where I hid it." She even turned around for me, but I couldn't see a bulge big enough to hide a flashlight. With a grin, she reached down the front of her shirt into the middle of her bra, and pulled out a flashlight with flourish. I laughed. "Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.

Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest.

I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep.

A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world.