“Literary style is like crystal-ware: the cleaner the wineglass, the brighter the brilliance. As a reader, I agree with those who believe… — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald's. Since then, I've held jobs a diverse as… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. As quoted in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)” — by Jeffrey M. Elliot Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in the materiality of language. I wonder if, perhaps, this comes from my background in the visual arts. I… — Anna Journey Copy Share Image
“You can get yourself pretty thoroughly lost, in time and space, if you don't know where you are or where you have… — George Garrett Copy Share Image
“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“Writing is an effort at truth telling, but each person’s version of truth and his or her means of conveying it are… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Giving these students, teenagers, any form of power over the use of their own words, allowing them to turn everyday raw material… — Gloria Ng Copy Share Image
A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters. — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
hough I was creative, I also liked math and science. At Knox College, I studied creative writing and earned a degree in… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors. — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
The professionalization of poetry, or the balkanization, has come out of the fact that when you apply to most creative writing programs,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. — Anonymous 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
I played around with GarageBand before, but I'd never actually made a proper song. So it was getting into the studio with… — Benee Copy Share Image
“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
