I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.[3]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He writes funny ideas at night, but if the pen is too far, he convinces himself the idea wasn't funny.
- In plain terms
- Inconvenience makes him dismiss his own creative ideas.
- What can you take from it?
- Physical barriers can kill creativity if you don't push through them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops you from writing ideas?
- How do you stay creative?
Another view
Sometimes ideas truly aren't worth capturing.
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