You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

Topics: Being Bored Quotes

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have...

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have...

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and...

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and...

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

Every time I go to the grocery store, I suppress my desire to trip kids...

Every time I go to the grocery store, I suppress my desire to trip kids...

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to...

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...