My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.
Meaning of the quote
Your imagination is like a star in the sky that you can use to guide you. Just like a ship uses the North Star to find its way, you can use your imagination to decide which direction to go and what to do. Your imagination can show you the path forward and help you make important decisions.
About Clive Barker
Clive Barker, an English writer, filmmaker, and visual artist, rose to prominence in the 1980s with his horror stories. He has since written numerous novels, had his works adapted into films like the Hellraiser and Candyman series, and has also created characters and series for comic books.
More quotes from Clive Barker
Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.
English author, film director, and visual artist
My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.
English author, film director, and visual artist
Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.
English author, film director, and visual artist
What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once.
English author, film director, and visual artist
You can plan to be brave – it’s even better if you just try to be brave.
English author, film director, and visual artist
Gather experience… Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.
English author, film director, and visual artist
I’m a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die – it’s a major offence.
English author, film director, and visual artist
I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else – but I’m absolutely nothing special.
English author, film director, and visual artist
It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one’s dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical.
English author, film director, and visual artist