Creative writing Quotes · Page 8

“A good swordsman is more important than a good sword.”

— Amit Kalantri

“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.

— Cynthia Weil

“In modern times couples are more concerned about loyalty than love.”

— Amit Kalantri

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.

— Heather Sellers

“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”

— Amit Kalantri

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.

— Gail Caldwell

“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.”

— Kamand Kojouri

Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy, in ways both sublime and ridiculuous, it clearly was, precisely that.

— Anonymous

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

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write.…

— Vikas Swarup

Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort,…

— David Knopfler

To say that creative writing courses are all useless is almost as silly as saying all editors are useless. Writers of all…

— Matt Haig

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

— Jennifer Weiner

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at…

— Hart Crane

Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose.

— Laurie Alberts

“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a…

— Wallace Stegner

I do less of that stuff now because I figured out that when I was writing things I didn't care about, it…

— Tod Goldberg

I don't really believe in a creative-writing major as an undergraduate. It's a bad idea, terrible. I've met creative-writing majors from other…

— Barry Hannah

“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window…

— Pawan Mishra

My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot…

— Owen King

Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above…

— A. E. Hotchner

Here’s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy…

— Merrill Markoe

I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into…

— Michael Cadnum

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis.

— Philip K. Dick

“Perhaps, writing is like the taste of honey sucked from flowers in a garden, each tasting differently.”

— Anu Lal

“Inside is where we meet everyone else; it's on the outside that we are truly alone.”

— Charles Simic

“Fear of failure is fiction, face this fact and fear will fall.”

— Amit Kalantri

The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book.

— Tony Ardizzone

“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.”

— Amit Kalantri

“No one should go into debt to study creative writing. It”

— Ann Patchett

“Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.”

— Amit Kalantri

“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.”

— Amit Kalantri

“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.”

— Amit Kalantri

“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”

— Amit Kalantri

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson