Quotes About Creativity

W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying?

Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming.

Do you know why God invented writers? Because He loves a good story. And He doesn't give a damn about words. Words are the curtain we've hung between Him and our true selves. Try not to think about the words. Don't strain for the perfect sentence. There's no such thing. Writing is guesswork. Every sentence is an educated guess, the reader's as much as yours. Think about that the next time you curl a piece of paper into your typewriter.

Do you know why God invented writers? Because he loves a good story. And he doesn't give a damn about the words. Words are the curain we've hung between him and our true selves. Try not to think about the words. Don't strin for the perfect sentence. There's no such thing. Writing si guesswork. Every sentence is an educated guess, the readers as much as yours.

George would come in and say, 'Hey, we're going to have this giant snow battle, start doing some storyboards,' Ã¢â'¬Â says Johnston. "But there was no script! But George would say, 'Don't worry about that, just do the storyboards.' The process then was to lay out random shots and pick out some that would conceivably work. George would work on the script at home while I would be working on the boards.

When I'm supposed to be writing, I end up making up names," says Lucas of the mercenary's christening. "I have a couple of little books that are lists of names. Whenever I think of a name, whenever I'm in the shower, I'm with friends, or see a sign, I write it down in my little book. So when I have a new character, sometimes I'll go down the list and pick a name out that seems to fit that particular character.

Aberjhani can write about anything, and give it uncommon beauty.

There are always possibilities.

I'm going to write about them as I took them -- with a smile.

My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen.

The mythic voice rising from literature and art allows us to be humane. We are not humane because of political power, or education, or even religion. We are humane because we recognize the humanity of others. The writer and the artist appeal to that humanity. For that reason, literature and art are the bones of civilization.

If you give your mind a $10,000 problem, it will come up with a $10,000 solution. If you give your mind a $1 million problem, it will come up with a $1 million solution.

Don't censor your dreams or vision with practicalities and probabilities.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. George S. Patton

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. RAY BRADBURY Prolific American author of science fiction and fantasy

Walt Whitman said, "To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

When you hit a wall, try to dig a tunnel beneath or fly above!

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.

Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

WINSLOW HOMER

He's got to have the ability, and it seems to be fairly rare, to see things as they are and at the same time as they might have been. What we mean is the eye of an artist.

Rules are a great way to get ideas. All you have to do is break them.

Serious people have few ideas," said Paul Valéry. "People with ideas are never serious.