I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

I can get very philosophical and ask the questions Keats was asking as a young guy. What are we here for? What's a soul? What's it all about? What is thinking about, imagination?

There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.

I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling.