#idea

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations. ↗

— Peter M. Senge

#idealism #cynicism

The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?" And the answer is: Confluence. Things come together. The right ingredients and suddenly: Abracadabra! ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#confluence #creative-process #ideas #writing #writing-process

But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#ideas #words #l-m-montgomery

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#about #film #idea #make #usually

I don't buy 'regret' idea. I need life's good lesson. ↗

— Toba Beta

#planted #regret #useless #life

I'm quite into the idea of engineering being beautiful. ↗

— Sean Booth

#being #being beautiful #engineering #i #idea

I don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for them. It puts ideas in their heads, and women are never at ease with themselves when they have ideas. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#women #men

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. ↗

— Eric Bentley

#bright #genuine #ideas #instead #jargon

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#idea

I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#accept #anybody #audiences #career #else