Creative Writing Quotes

116 quotes by 101 authors

Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. — Rod Serling
Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are… — John Irving
The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. — Gail Caldwell
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. — Jennifer Weiner
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in… — Rick Springfield
Hereâ€™s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used… — Merrill Markoe
Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory… — Marilyn Hacker
When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and… — Janet Morris
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition -… — Edgar Allan Poe
When I read studentsâ€™ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer… — Julius Lester
I got my undergrad in Creative Writing, and then I didn't get my Masters in obsession, because I figured I already had that covered. — Julie Powell
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open. — Elwyn Brooks White
Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand. — Rita Dove
Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing. — Steve Blank
A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood. — Sigmund Freud
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors. — Jay McInerney
I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing . . . not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid… — Langston Hughes
I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a… — Orson Scott Card
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. — Mark Strand

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