We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent FACTS in his CASES, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they MIGHT fairly be viewed as NEW.

In order to PRODUCE generalist COURSES, business SCHOOL professors have been forced to invent subjects called strategy, called organizational BEHAVIOR and so on.

I never 'say' anything in my WORK. I invent a WORLD. Let OTHERS DECIDE what is being 'said'.

The writer, the poet, the novelist, are all creators. This does not MEAN that they invent language; it MEANS that they use language to CREATE BEAUTY, IDEAS, images. This is why we cannot do without them.

I WRITE synopses after the BOOK is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I INVENT something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the FINAL book ENDS up very differently.

Cultural appropriation is a big PROBLEM, but the thing is, I didn't INVENT my LIFE. I really lived in Africa.

If you invent something, you're doing a CREATIVE act. It's like writing a NOVEL or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's YEARS of your life, it's your HOUSE remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment.

If I NEED SOMETHING, I'll INVENT it.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional CHARACTER. And I did, and it has CAUSED a GREAT DEAL of CONFUSION.

The interesting thing about WHITE power and the DESPERATE white knuckling grip on this thing call whiteness, which is a MYTH in itself, is that black folks... we're not asking you to invent new LAWS for us. We're asking you to include us in the laws that are already on the books.

I didn't invent something; I just CHOSE to FIND my strengths and do things that make me happy and work with BUSINESSES I'm proud of and create strategies that I think work. And so FAR, so good, but I'm not changing the WORLD.

Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed the way we looked, thought, dressed, held a guitar. He didn't invent ROCK & roll, but he defined it in a way that EVERYONE who FOLLOWED him owes him a debt.

Unadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the REAL nature-lover craves. No MAN can INVENT incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.

We BELIEVE that if men have the talent to invent NEW MACHINES that put men out of WORK, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty GOOD at inventing themselves. If NOBODY invents you for yourself, NOTHING is LEFT but to invent yourself for OTHERS.