Ideas Quotes

I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.

The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn’t like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.

The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

I like the idea of helping people help people.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.