“Where did you get that idea for a nose?
- Frizz Mizuno”

“When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's like asking Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen, "Where do you get your leeches?" You don't get ideas. Ideas get you.”

“Now, where did we ever get the idea that there is such a thing as 'good government?' That is a contradiction in terms as ridiculous as 'constructive rape.”

“The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose.”

“Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from…”

“When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.”

“Did Nelson ever tell you the story," Pru asks Annabelle, "how he lost the agency up his nose?”

“Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased?”

“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.”

“The idea of where does an idea come from and who should get credit for it is pretty soft. But I think people are pretty good at dealing with that softness and recognizing contribution when they know the people involved. With collective ownership, we create a social situation where you can get to know a person by how they spin their intellect into source code statements.”