Creativity Quotes

"The struggle to create is the noblest of endeavors."

"To create is to reveal oneself completely."

"All of us think we are unique, and the reader assumes this too."

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection."

"The most important thing about craft is knowing when to break the rules."

"What we create shapes who we become."

"Creativity requires the courage to sit with uncertainty and discomfort."

"The desire to write comes from the heart and the mind, not from desire for fame."

"The process of writing is a journey of self-discovery and understanding."

"If your head is full of stuff, the best thing to do is get it out."

"There is no such thing as a wholly original thought."

"The joyful spirit of creation is the greatest of all virtues."

"Giftedness is not enough; you have to care for these gifts."

"Creativity is the refusal to accept the world as given."

"You have to be a genius to understand genius."

"I don't read other contemporary writers because it might influence my writing."

"Writing is the best revenge."

"Writing requires a certain kind of recklessness."

"The creative act is an act of faith in possibility."

"The creative person sees what others have learned not to see."

"I write to discover what I believe."

"Fiction itself is a substitute for talking to yourself."

"The writer must be able to distinguish between ideas that are genuinely his and those that he takes from others."

"You don't know what you believe until you write it down."

"You write to communicate something to an audience that you hope will understand."

"You write about what you know, and you live what you don't."

"Writing is something I have to do. It keeps me alive."

"The writer's instinct is for the moment to live."

"Memory and imagination are often indistinguishable."

"Writing demands that you stay true to your own vision."