Quotes About Creativity

As a writer, have faith in your unconscious mind. Unbeknownst to you, it will guide your story, make connections, and weave the tale for you

If your fiction is good and true, your novel's ending will discover itself.

A reader finds a new reality on the page, interacts with an imaginary world, and is enriched by doing so.

Don't write for the market or for others. Write what you know, love and above all, write what you would love to read.

Writing novels is really all about making people think, and even more, making them feel things.

Ir you're a writer, reading is part of your job description. ~ Mark Rubinstein

A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.

If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.

A writer's refuge is imagination and the possibilities it provides.

Creativity is its own reward. A writer must relish those unfathomable moments when plot-lines and characters fall into place. It's the closest thing to magic we know.

A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.

A writer has two choices: either write or curl up and die.

The writer's imagination sets the template for the reader's to take over. The reader is a participant in the imaginative process.

The first step in writing is reading.

In my view, the written word ignites the brain in ways that cannot be achieved by any other medium.

A writer must learn to be comfortable with buried, shadowy currents deep in the mind, those that form dreams & make hidden connections.

A writer's fiefdom is the entire world--everything seen, heard, felt & thought--all augmented by imagination.

I've never met a writer who hasn't been filled with self-doubt

A writer's work is never done, the meter is never off.

Each time I begin writing a new book I feel as though I'm learning to write all over again.

As a writer, you write about the world as you see it, and about yourself in disguise.

A writer should not wait for inspiration; it won't come. Inspiration is fueled by the act of writing, by the sweat of the effort, by the work.

Ideas are like buses. Another one always comes along.

If your writing is brutally honest, comes from the heart, beware, it will take its emotional toll. But, it's worth it.