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
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. And I said they don't know nothing.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“A poetess is not as selfish as you assume. After months of agonising over her marriage of words—the bride— and spaces—the groom,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
When I applied to Stanford, I applied for graduate work in the PhD program, not to the creative writing program, mostly because… — Robert Hass 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
I've been writing short stories for twenty years now, on and off ever since I was in the creative writing program at… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
“I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing. — Steve Blank Copy Share Image
“Is 'creative writing program' oxymoronic? How could you teach someone to make something new?” — Laurie Calhoun Copy Share Image
Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority. — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I try to be realistic with students. And say that there's a good chance that they're not going to get a creative… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
If I were to go back to the Philippines, I would probably end up teaching creative writing at a university. I wouldn't… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be. — Ayn Rand 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
