Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. Janet Frame on imagination
I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination. Breckin Meyer on imagination
I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild. Malcolm McDowell on imagination
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together. Jacques Maritain on imagination
My imagination is my polestar I steer by that. Clive Barker on imagination
A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination. Fred G. Gosman on imagination
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Larry McMurtry on imagination
Now, I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't. Conservatives typically haven't written much fiction - specifically political thrillers - over the years to educate, inspire and mobilize people on issues of great import, but we ought to. Joel C. Rosenberg on imagination
When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. Samuel Dash on imagination
And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. James Merrill on imagination
When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist. Andrea Mitchell on imagination
Further, for once, I like the idea that people who think I'm a constant voice for the furthering of the imagination have to see that interest in a more materialistic fashion. Peter Sotos on imagination
It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income. Leonard Orr on imagination
But in a 24-hour day, the 25th hour is also the impossible hour, an hour that doesn't exist, that can only be created by the imagination. David Benioff on imagination
I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it. Adrien Brody on imagination
The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination. Sarah Fielding on imagination
I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. S. E. Hinton on imagination
The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business. Thomas Kinkade on imagination
When you're young you have no worries, no drama, only your imagination. It's the best! Devon Werkheiser on imagination
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment. Dorthea Brande on imagination