Tag: creativity

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What you’re trying to do as a creative person is surprise yourself — find out who you really are, and try not to lie, try to tell the truth all the time. And the only way to do this is by being very active and very emotional, and get it out of yourself — making… Continue reading Untitled

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I’ve had a sign over my typewriter for over 25 years now, which reads “Don’t think!” You must never think at the typewriter — you must feel … The worst thing you do when you think is lie. Ray Bradbury

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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have. Maya Angelou

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If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. Neil Gaiman (in “The Ocean At The End of the Lane”

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Creativity: Giving the world something it didn’t know it was missing. Dan Pink http://www.copyblogger.com/how-daniel-pink-writes/

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Sometimes I wish I could apologize to the reader; I want to explain to them that I didn’t try to set out and write a boring or shallow book or flat characters or a distant heroine. But the thing is, chances are that our book isn’t those things—even though some readers respond that way to… Continue reading Untitled

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You simply can’t make good art and stay covered up at the same time. They are mutually exclusive. A creative path is not about least resistance or playing it safe—by its very nature it is about casting off layers and dancing along edges that others fear to tread. Robin LaFevers

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Once you’ve made a song and put it out there you don’t own it anymore. The public own it. It’s their song. It might be their song that they wake up to, their song that they have a shower to, or their song that they drive home to or their song that they cry to,… Continue reading Untitled

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This is the kind of person who was always destined to be a writer. Did it make you smile? Maybe you’re a writer too…