Quotes by Imagination I've always had this in a kind of worst-case dark imagination. I want to know what the dark form in the window is. I want to know what the noise under the staircase is. Lisa Unger knowimaginationdarkwindow The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone. Lisa Unger alonebusinessimaginationself When an author creates a town in her novels, she spends a great deal of time visualizing the streets and buildings, landmarks and topography. And while the town becomes real in her imagination, it's rare for an author to see the place she's created actually spring to life. Lori Wilde greatimaginationtimelife To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination. Luigi Barzini faceimaginationlifepeople I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination. Lynn Nottage finddinnerimaginationsometimes We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Lucius Annaeus Seneca moreimaginationhurtreality When someone hears that I've written a book about 1897, I'm usually met with blank stares. And the first thing they say is, 'Was there even an L.A. back then?' A lot of people don't even think there was a city before the movies appeared. That concept of Los Angeles is so strong in the popular imagination that celebrity overrides everything. Liz Goldwyn cityimaginationbookpeople Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination. Lionel Stander withinhiswhoimagination It's hard to see yourself as a princess because it involves a huge leap of the imagination and sort of requires you to believe you can be that, which is a scary, weird thing. Lily James yourselfyouimaginationbelieve Without imagination, I don't think there's any progress. Margot Lee Shetterly withoutthinkprogressimagination It's useful to think of the imagination as an aspect of the body because it seems to have processes of its own that are obscure to us. Margo Lanagan ownthinkbodyimagination When I was thirteen, I was in a supermarket with my mother, and for no reason at all, I picked up a science-fiction book at the checkout stand and started reading it. I couldn't believe I was doing that, actually reading a book. And, man, it opened up a whole new thing. Reading became the sparkplug of my imagination. Mark Bradford manimaginationmotherbelieve The appeal of perfume is that it is at once ephemeral and empowering. It creates a shimmering invisible armor that lingers in a room long after its wearer has gone and infuses our imagination with a subtle power, hinting at a hidden identity. Mary Gaitskill imaginationpoweridentitylong I think that a good deal of poetry and art gives us some sense of access to another's voice, perception, texture of thought, imagination. Sometimes it gives us better access to the strangeness in ourselves. Mary Szybist goodpoetryimaginationart I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals. Mary Pope Osborne animalsimaginationwritinglove I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories. Mary Pope Osborne my-ownresearchimaginationideas I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book. Mary Pope Osborne childimaginationtreechildren My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's. Mary Pope Osborne grown-upthanchildimagination I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show. Matthew Ashford goodgroupknowimagination I have a Manhattan club chair in dark espresso leather that I always read in. It's a place where I can contemplate other people's thoughts and stir my imagination. Merle Dandridge thoughtsimaginationdarkpeople«173174175176177178179180181182183»
