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Creative Writing Quotes

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake Picture Quote #1

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment Picture Quote #1

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing Picture Quote #1

I don’t think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry Picture Quote #1

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense Picture Quote #1

As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your voice, your style, and your way of thinking. That’s all. People can mimic your style, but they can never achieve your unique point of view Picture Quote #1

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Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing Picture Quote #1

When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect Picture Quote #1

You don’t write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery Picture Quote #1

Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority Picture Quote #1

Now that I’m staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I’m less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing Picture Quote #1

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don’t think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet Picture Quote #1

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years Picture Quote #1

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer Picture Quote #1

You can only learn to be a better writer by actually writing. I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer Picture Quote #1

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college Picture Quote #1

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that Picture Quote #1

A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors Picture Quote #1

To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It’s either good writing, whatever the subject, or it’s not creative Picture Quote #1

I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone’s going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads Picture Quote #1

Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living Picture Quote #1

I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer Picture Quote #1

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There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color Picture Quote #1

After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I’ve been teaching for a long time. More than four decades Picture Quote #1

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination Picture Quote #1

From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment Picture Quote #1

The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book Picture Quote #1

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy Picture Quote #1

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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake (Creative Writing Quotes) One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment (Creative Writing Quotes) Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing (Creative Writing Quotes) I don’t think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry (Creative Writing Quotes) The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense (Creative Writing Quotes) As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your voice, your style, and your way of thinking. That’s all. People can mimic your style, but they can never achieve your unique point of view (Creative Writing Quotes) Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing (Creative Writing Quotes) When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect (Creative Writing Quotes) You don’t write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery (Creative Writing Quotes) Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority (Creative Writing Quotes) Now that I’m staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I’m less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing (Creative Writing Quotes) And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing (Creative Writing Quotes) I’ve always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don’t think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet (Creative Writing Quotes) I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years (Creative Writing Quotes) I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer (Creative Writing Quotes) You can only learn to be a better writer by actually writing. I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer (Creative Writing Quotes) Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college (Creative Writing Quotes) Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments (Creative Writing Quotes) I don’t think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that (Creative Writing Quotes) A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors (Creative Writing Quotes) To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It’s either good writing, whatever the subject, or it’s not creative (Creative Writing Quotes) I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone’s going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads (Creative Writing Quotes) Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living (Creative Writing Quotes) I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer (Creative Writing Quotes) There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color (Creative Writing Quotes) After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I’ve been teaching for a long time. More than four decades (Creative Writing Quotes) I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination (Creative Writing Quotes) From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment (Creative Writing Quotes) The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book (Creative Writing Quotes) I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy (Creative Writing Quotes)

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