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A good story doesn’t feel like an illusion. What it feels like is life. Literally. A recent brain-imaging study … Reveals that the regions of they brain that processes the sights, sounds, tastes, and movement of real life are activated when we’re engrossed in a compelling narrative. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story

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Story…was crucial to our evolution—-more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to. Lisa Cron, Wired For Story

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You have to finish things – that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things. Neil Gaiman

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Originality depends on new and striking combinations of ideas. It is obvious therefore that the more a man knows the greater scope he has for arriving at striking combinations. Rosamund Harding

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The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas. James Webb Young

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To create anything … is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic Tom Bissell

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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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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