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Limitations are inspiring: they lead to thinking, so I don't mind them.

People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length of time it's supposed to be. The restrictions of budget and sets can be really useful. When you can have everything, it's very hard to make things feel real and lived in.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Problems are hidden opportunities, and constraints can actually boost creativity.