Art Quote by Sue Grafton

Poets and artists who speak of the mystery are rare.

— Joseph Campbell

perhaps the only magician we have is the artist.

— Anais Nin

I get interested in writers who are enigmatic.

— Harry Hamlin

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate…

— Lynne Truss

“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re all the…

— Anonymous

“Writers and magicians do essentially the same thing, they create worlds with words and will.”

— James L. Wilber

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

— Anthony Horowitz

“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: the truly creative and the truly medicated”

— Josh Stern

Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let them engage…

— Matt Fraction

“Writers are magicians. They write down words, and, if they’re good, you believe that what they write is real, just as you believe a…

— W.P. Kinsella

“Every amateur harbors the fantasy that his work is only waiting to be discovered; a second fantasy-that the established contemporary artists must also be…

— Janet Malcolm

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a…

— Laurell K. Hamilton