“Writing is a pitched battle with the elusive self, a contest that resultant celebratory jubilee demonstrates the writer’s innate capacity to meld… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Well, look at it another way: why shouldn’t there be cats in a zoo?" I said. "They’re animals, too, right?" "Cats and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I find it helpful when I stop for the day to leave the last sentence unfinished or the last paragraph only lightly… — julia bell Copy Share Image
“All I need to do is place my pen against paper and your love writes for me.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Described as a "workaholic speed-writing freak" by fellow writers, a "creative writing class drill sergeant" by his writing 'padawans', Voinov is a… — Aleksandr Voinov Copy Share Image
I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Workshop Hermeticism, fiction for which the highest praise involves the words 'competent,' 'finished,' 'problem-free,' fiction over which Writing-Program pre- and proscriptions loom… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“The quality of any author’s effort at personal writing and thematic commentary hinges upon the author’s intrinsic limitations, personal vantage point, and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“…I’ve seen the world tell us with wars and real estate developments and bad politics and odd court decisions that our lives… — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot… — Owen King Copy Share Image
“A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.” — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
I do teach fiction and non-fiction, and usually I'm interested in works that confuse genre, but I'm very new to teaching creative… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
