I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice Im likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination. – Andrew Motion
Im an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write. – Erin Morgenstern
Theres just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you cant know it all, and thats where imagination can work. – Geraldine Brooks
Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons Ive learned in my own life. – Ronnie James Dio
Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your minds eye. Thats an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition. – Joshua Foer
I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like theyve experienced something. – Carly Rae Jepsen
On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldnt observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer. – Bobby Seale
How can a doctor judge a womans sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. – Nellie Bly
Love doesnt grow on trees like apples in Eden – its something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. – Joyce Cary
I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of whats going on. – Dave Attell
Use your imagination, and youll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care. – Mark Haddon
I dont necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story thats most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there. – Beverly Cleary
Ellis Peterss historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination. – Derek Jacobi
When we were filming The Darkest Hour, we didnt even know what the aliens were going to look like, we didnt even have a graphic reference. So it was definitely a big challenge to sell those kind of extreme moments when youre just generating them from your own imagination. – Olivia Thirlby
I believe that imagination inspires nations. Its something that I live by. – Janelle Monae
I always believe its better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do. – Trevor Nunn
I have enough love to last me a lifetime! Thank God Ill never lose my imagination and my passion. Thats really what it is. Im still passionate about what I do. – Teena Marie
I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but Im basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions. – Rufus Sewell
Its what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places its never been before. Theres nothing better than that. – Robin Wright Penn
Well, I think that as a country, weve drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination. – Terry Brooks
