“If you don't use your imagination someone else will use it for you.”
“Use your imagination," I tell my students these days, "or someone else is going to use it for you.”
“If you don't blow your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon. ”
“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?"[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
“Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.”
“It's better to have people be happy using someone else's product than disgruntled using yours.”