Quotes by Ideas I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity. Adam Gopnik people ideas thinking For me, the beauty of the blank page, or empty screen,staring up at nine thirty after two cups of coffee and a deep breath remains unique. The blankness invites scribbling on, mental drawing , and the best feeling I know - apart from the more obvious sensual ones - is the feeling of putting down the first thought and seeing it turn into symbols. Making an idea into an emotion. Adam Gopnik coffee unique ideas Merely that you start off with ideas buzzing around in your head, and then you try to give them the simpler, more graceful shape, of a feeling that a reader might share. You learn to sing with, not argue at, your possible readers. Adam Gopnik feelings giving ideas If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions. Adam Grant suggestions want ideas When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea. Adam Grant divergent ideas thinking Alan Menken took me to his studio and we went through his trunks of songs and put together an album of stuff that people and stuff that people don't know. I'm very proud with the way it came out. I had no idea what it would be like to do an album and that process was grueling and tedious but it was very rewarding. I would do it again if I had the chance. Adam Jacobs song people ideas I did an album and they allowed me to sell it at the show. I also did a Disney cruise line gig. I always wanted to make an album and it was an idea that came to me when we first started working on Aladdin. Adam Jacobs albums lines ideas The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration. Adam Johnson inspiration stories ideas The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body. Adam Kirsch should-have book ideas The one word you should forget when you start a new project is the word 'I' - you need to replace that word 'I' with the idea of 'everybody else. Adam Leipzig forget ideas needs I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two. Adam Levine gay brother ideas I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit. Adam Levine fragrance making-money ideas We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it. Adam McKay backbone circles ideas The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it. Adam McKay news insane ideas I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with. Adam Rapp stealing directors ideas The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins. Adam Rapp winning rooms ideas Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me. Adam Rapp stage-managers sometimes ideas You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore. Adam Ross believe ideas thinking Sitting in a room being forced to listen to 'The Chanukah Song' over and over." [on his idea of Hell] Adam Sandler sitting song ideas If it's something I feel I can do alright, I like being in those, and some that I think Rob Schneider and David Spade would be funnier at than me, I tell them to do it. I don't have any clue how we decide. There's this thing, this "Click", actually, one of my friends called me up, my partner told me about this idea that Steve Koren had. Steve Koren, by the way, the guy who wrote it with Mark O'Keefe, Steve Koren I've known since I was 22. He was a page at Saturday Night Live. Adam Sandler night ideas thinking «1234567891011»