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Creativity Quote by Don Roff

“Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t…” quote by Don Roff — Download Open image

“Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.”

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When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene…

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A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

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“Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.”

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Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

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“I don't use big words to show off because it's ostentatious.”

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“If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.”

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“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.”

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The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

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“If you don't love what you're writing, stop right now: it's not worth your time and certainly not the reader's.”

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“Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.”

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“There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager furnishings to…

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Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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You don't get lucky. You create lucky.

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By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…

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“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.”

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If you've got creativity, imagination, and intelligence, and you want to be hypnotised, then there's no reason you shouldn't be able to.

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“I believe in magic. As a writer, I create them on blank paper.”

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Creativity is like chasing chickens.

Christoph Niemann

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