My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
The success of ordinary cosmology speaks against the idea that the universe was created in a random fluctuation.
Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.
I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
I love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can.
I just started taking Mandarin classes. I love the idea of globalization: of being able to work in different countries.
I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!
I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets.
I think that the Internet - and I do love the free flow of ideas on the 'Net - is like the wild west of the information world.
You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.
Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.
A lot of what a composer does has to do with storytelling, and there are different ways of fusing music with picture to express different storytelling ideas.
Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for itself.
There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.
I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music.
Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all the music in the world, for a flat fee.'
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.
Why do men think they know how to cook outside when they haven't the smallest idea how to go about it indoors?
I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.
