This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go.
You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.
I just like the idea of this creature or a being on the roof, you know? It's kind of spooky.
And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.
I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.
All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.
I used to work as a tour guide for Americans. I'm convinced that even after four weeks on the road they had no idea where they had been. They were in a bubble.
What is interesting to me is to find ways to work with early-stage innovators to build from the edge and work on tomorrow's ideas.
You don't need to know someone personally to be able to discern whether their work is high quality or not. The idea of a meritocracy is that it's what they do, not who they are.
In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
