I think I have a sense right in the beginning of how big an idea it is and how much room it needs, and, almost more importantly, how long it would sustain anybody's interest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.
A fundamental American question is, 'What's the big idea?'
An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.
I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be a great idea.
If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.
Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
It's our own ability to have an idea and go after the idea and make it happen. That's what at the end of the day defines us.
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.