The worst tragedy of sin isn't that it produced bad behavior, but that it produced the idea that bad behavior is strong enough to deflect love.
The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.
Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.
Lady Gaga said to me, 'You showed me how it's done.' I have no idea what she meant by 'it.'
JK Rowling combines the ideas and imagination of an entire Hollywood movie studio with the precise execution of an extremely efficient dictator.
The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's no killing in Gilligan's Island.
I enjoy the details. I enjoy coming up with ideas for improving the script, changing scenes and deciding what locations and wardrobe should be - the process of making a film.
Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.
I think I get a lot of ideas from when I was a kid, listening to Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40.'
Those who say there are no more original ideas need to get out of the way of those of us who are creating them.
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.
I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.
For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.
If you can get out in front of people with your ideas and your execution, you'll attract the people who need to be pulled in.
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.
I think when you have a lot of jumbled up ideas they come together slowly over a period of several years.
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
I have zero idea of what my involvement with 'The Lying Game' is going to be. I'm a character that may or may not be permanently involved.
