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“The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality.”
“I do not play this instrument so well as I should wish to, but I have always supposed that to be my own fault because I would not take the trouble of practicing.”
“Great writing is always rewriting or revisionism, and is founded on a reading that clears space for the self.”
“Begin to think.”
“All writers are to some extent inventors, describing people as they would like to see them in life.”
“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another.”
“The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt”
“Creativity is the only way a man can ever experience motherhood.”
“Imagination takes us to the invisible world.”
“Be creative, be innovative, consume what everyone consumes and make it fresh!”
“A writer seizes every opportunity to wonder.”
“Writers live in the world to write the sacred words.”
“Work with all your heart, because - I promise - if you show up for your work day after day after day after day. you just might get lucky enough some random morning to burst into bloom.”
“We are all walking repositories of hidden treasures.”
“It might have been done before, but it hasnt been done by you!”
“And since creativity is still the most effective way for me to access wonder, I choose it. I choose to block out all the external (and internal) noise and distractions, and to come home again and a...”
“Perhaps creativitys greatest mercy is this: By completely absorbing our attention for a short and magical spell, it can relieve us temporarily from the dreadful burden of being who we are. Best of ...”
“Creativity is, in many respects, a response.”
“It has taken me years to learn this, but it does seem to be the case if that I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something”
“Theres plenty of room in this vehicle for all of us, so make yourself at home, but understand this: Creativity and I are the only ones who will be making any decisions along the way. I recognize an...”
