“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“The best way to write is to lock yourself in a small room until you become so bored that the only thing… — Jack Freestone Copy Share Image
“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, it's self-consciousness. — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program, we required the poets to take workshops in fiction… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Your passion as an artist is a magnet that draws you at all times, but if you don’t follow, it will suffocate… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
When I was at UCLA, a professor there encouraged me to write, and so I looked into specializing in creative writing in… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
“After graduating, I'd moved to the Washington D.C. area to see what I could do with the skills I'd picked up from… — Jeff Deck Copy Share Image
For me, being a good creative writing teacher is actually kind of being a good therapist. The line is very porous -… — Annie Baker 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
“Buster sat on the curb in front of the college, waiting for his sister to pick him up. To pass the time,… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing . . . not to poetry or fiction, which… — Langston Hughes 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
I know people who've passed every creative writing course under the sun and who are more analytically intelligent and far better-read than… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Unrest has entered the hearts of men. When unrest is left to fester, Chaos will soon follow.” — S.D. Ferrell 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
Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry. — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them. — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Inside is where we meet everyone else; it's on the outside that we are truly alone.” — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
