Behind you Quote by Ray Bradbury

I have poetic failures all the time. Many failed poems. I try not to publish those, though some have slipped into each book, since…

— Matthea Harvey

I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative…

— John Backus

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the…

— William Faulkner

A good poem about failure is a success.

— Philip Larkin

When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.

— Bill Gates

For some reason there's this myth that creativity - [especially] in terms of creative writing - is a gift you either have, or you…

— Sarah Kay

Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often.

— Steven Kotler

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which…

— Jesmyn Ward

I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.

— Seth Godin

The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.

— Natalie Goldberg

One of the things I've always thought is that if I were to write a poetics, it would have to do with the poetics…

— Martha Ronk

I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if…

— Anonymous