Creative Professionals Gifts

'Sure, I cam up with fire, and the wheel, but you're only as good as your last idea.'

"You have to think outside the litter box."

"What we're looking for is someone who think outside the box?"

"There's no such thing as 'bad publicity'." "All traffic is good traffic."

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

'How fast can you hype?'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

Empty box of ideas

A business that thinks alike...sinks alike.

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

"This next one is my own quirky rendition of Berlioz's 'Symphonie Fantastique,' Movement 5, 'Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.'"

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

Divine Desk Bins

"Yoo-hoo. Fifteen minutes of fame is about to start."

'I got this one for thinking outside the box.'

"I'm glad they want comedy... the budget is a joke."

'I want ideas so bold, so wildly innovative, so undeniably brilliant that they retain a shred of originality after everyone picks them to pieces.'

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

"I love being your agent, Nick, but the guys making the really big bucks now are the managers. Let me be your manager."

"We need to sue, claiming free speech is being violated by remotes with fast forward buttons."

How to get from A to Z. Right brain versus left brain.

'Floppo' lottery rebranding

"But some of my best ideas come while I'm in the litter box."

Pole Vault Rules

"We're hoping that someday Rosalie will be a major player in the creative economy."

Copywriter's blank paper compared to the gridded screen of a content provider.

The GODFATHER Ride 25¢

"If you get married at the Grammy Awards, can your marriage be annulled at the Country Music Awards?"

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

Derek and Clive (Dudley Moore and Peter Cook).

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