Imagination : (72) " I do think that science fiction ideas are best expressed through visual media like film and TV. Realist literature depicts things that we have seen in life, but science fiction is different: what it depicts exists only in the author’s imagination. When it comes to science fiction, the written word is inadequate. " - Liu Cixin " Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. " - Ludwig Wittgenstein " Fantasy has a dark side to it. It also has a light hemisphere – the power of the human imagination to keep going, to imagine a better tomorrow. " - Tim O'Brien " We have to think big. We have to imagine big, and that’s part of the problem. We’re letting other people imagine and lead us down what paths they want to take us. Sometimes they’re very limited in the way their ideas are constructed. We need to imagine much more broadly. That’s the work of a writer, and more writers should look at it. " - Alexis Wright " Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. " - Jack Prelutsky " Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities. " - Abraham Verghese " I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that’s part of the wonder of reading. " - Michael Connelly " I think probably you can either write for kids, or you can’t. That ability to imaginatively be a child and see the world as a child and feel and think like a child – you either have that ability or you don’t. " - Morris Gleitzman " Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven’t pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of time travel? In one of her poems, Emily Bronte likens imagination to a constant companion, but I prefer to think of it as a built-in entertainment system. " - Alexandra Adornetto " I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it. " - Bill Plympton