Quotes about Ingenuity

William Faulkner was once asked how he went about writing a book. His answer: "It's like building a chicken coop in a high wind. You grab any board or shingle flying by or loose on the ground and nail it down fast." Like becoming a pastor.

Just set up the board as best you can. We'll play with whatever we got.

Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.

Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.

The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human ingenuity can name.

Writing is a form of mischief.

The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, my father used to say; it bothered me, I didn't see why they would want to skin a cat even one way.

What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food!

What's a bootstrapper to do? You have to go where the other guys can't. Take advantage of what you have so that you can beat the competition with what they don't.