Creativity Quote by Hilary Mantel

For historians, creative writers provide a kind of pornography.

— Hilary Mantel

“That's all we writers have, anyway; our minds and imaginations. To allow censors even the tiniest space in there with us can only lead…

— Norma Fox Mazer

“I would venture a guess that an artist concentrating wholly unself-consciously, wholly thrown into his work, is incapable of producing pornography.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the pretense that…

— William T. Vollmann

“Art is sanctioned pornography”

— Stewart Home

“The human condition is such that we can only stomach so much imagination. We need for things to be labeled either fiction or nonfiction.…

— J. W. Lord

“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with metaphors? Writers…

— Sherman Alexie

“The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.”

— James Van Pelt

“Artistic expression is about freedom, not about imprisoning yourself as an author within the boundaries of your mother tongue.”

— A.M. Bakalar

“Adding repulsive language and sex scenes do not make you a great author just because you are trying to relate to your audience.”

— Emily Kamminga

“Some writers are rejected for the very creativity that is often needed and used to inspire the world.”

— T.J. Mihaila