Childhood Quote by Sigmund Freud

“As a child I scribbled; and my favorite pastime during the hours given me for recreation was to ‘write stories’. Still, I had a…

— Mary Shelley

“Writing stories and plays is an extension of little-kid doll house play and lego play. We all are kids, just older now, and we…

— Jeanne Voelker

Writing is not a searching about in the daily experience for apt similes and pretty thoughts and images… It is not a conscious recording…

— William Carlos Williams

Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to strive every…

— Michelle Obama

“Writing can make life enjoyable, write your dreams…”

— Wanda Smith

“Creativity - waking up in a different place every day.”

— Bogdan Vaida

Daydream, imagine, and reflect. It’s the source of infinite creativity.

— Deepak Chopra

A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.

— Helen Vendler

“There's no substitute for imagination, but creativity is only enhanced when forged with life experience.”

— John Ridley

Play is the work of childhood.

— Jean Piaget

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

Dreaming and hoping won't produce a piece of work; only writing, rewriting and rewriting (if necessary)- a devoted translation of thoughts and dreams into…

— Roberta Gellis