The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the…

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

TV is very much my first love. I love this world. It's where writers have the most creative control, and I just love that.

— Melissa Rosenberg

Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is…

— William Zinsser

Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional…

— Dave Stevens

“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.”

— Stephanie Lennox

“The quality of any author’s effort at personal writing and thematic commentary hinges upon the author’s intrinsic limitations, personal vantage point, and personal capacity…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

It's probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that…

— A. Y. Jackson

My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez,…

— Aaron Sanchez

“Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence; they take corrections.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Other worshipful objects were content with worship; men, women, God, all let one kneel prostrate; but this form, were it only the shape of…

— Virginia Woolf

Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And…

— Susanne Bier

Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better.

— Catie Curtis

“[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off…

— P.G. Wodehouse

Fear is a killer, when it comes to the creative process.

— Adam Baldwin

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.

— Stephen L. Carter