Humans have a propensity to oppose things when it is not their idea and they had no input, or simply because it was initiated by those whom they dislike.
For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.
Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
The idea that we can make all things safe for all behaviors is in itself a dangerous and slippery slope.
There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.
Most of them don’t mind too much the idea of a God existing somewhere, just so long as He’s indulgent.
At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas.
Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.
The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours.
Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book.
One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.
Apart from sharing my tips on toys or snacks, I'm open to hearing new ideas from other moms. I want to learn, too.
I've found that many of the greatest ideas surface in bars because that's where many people cultivate inspiration.
I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.
I became hooked on 'In Treatment,' which was so finely written and performed. Such a simple idea, and yet it delved into very complex territory with real grace and humanity.
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.
Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of Hawking radiation.
If you can't be persuasive to get people to believe your crazy idea, you can just go ahead and build it.