Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.

A good idea has self-expanding qualities. It stimulates those who see it to add to it.

We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.

The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.

Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary but couldn't get the hang of the story simply missed the point: namely, that it is a collection of short stories.

An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.

Drop the whole subject and put it out of your mind and let your subconscious do its thing.