As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.

Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.

The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.

Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.

Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. It is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'.