People who can solve problems in a new way are the innovators.

People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you

It could be a thousand things, distractions, worries; but very often I think what keeps a writer from finding the words is that she grasps at them too soon, hurries, grabs. She doesn't wait for the...

I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing when you put down your pen again; a writer is...

The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive -...

"I believe that we don't choose our stories," she began, leaning forward. "Our stories choose us." She paused and took a sip of water. Her hand, I noticed was steady.. "And if we don't tell them, then...

Inspiration comes from your writing. Thoughts meander subliminally through our subconscious, at night when we sleep the brain is working. In the act of writing, phrases come out and you think: wow,...

You are not responsible for the reader, you're only responsible for what you are writing.

We are all born artists. The nature generally doesn't discriminate among newborns with respect to art. Yet most of us try very hard as we grow, without knowing, to stop being artists.

Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in the act of communion and creation.

Moment of pleasures helps to renew strength and reposition man to creative point

Garbage, in its "worthless" state, is the primary fuel for creativity.

There isn't enough paper in the world to write all the poems you inspire in me.

One of my favourite things about being an author is waking up knowing that there are worlds just waiting to be discovered and created.

I like writing that puts the needle right into the vein. I don't think, when I'm writing, "Tell a good story" or "find a meaning." I'm thinking phrase by phrase, make it tight, make it good. Get the...

A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.

... for she soars with the wildest hyperbole when not tagging after the most pedestrian dictum.

There is madness in youth, but sometimes a god inspires it.

Poets, with no sponsors, no agenda, are the truest form of freedom today, bleeding out every drop of themselves for the world to either hate or devour.

You can never know enough about your characters

Are infinite possibilities a storyteller's worst enemy or best friend? I'd say a bit of both really and one must be grateful for this paradox.

The secret of being a successful writer is - - write. Every writer deserves that chance.

Look at yourself from space! You are very little, you are so tiny! But there is something big in you: Your great ideas! Even from space, they look big because they have the power to change the...

In its essence, a meal is a creative act that has its genesis in the mind of someone who cares enough to plan it, gather ingredients and labor over its creation.

The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.

I sometimes shock the people around me with how I see things. I come up with very unique solutions to things. As I can picture things in my mind and move them around to design and understand them.

To be perfectly honest, I enjoy thinking dangerously

done comma, walking/talking, art, cookery. scouts then wrote two books, asked for help, gave a book to HRH Princess Anne, tried publisher, got another DEGREE, now Google Gillian Mk2, what else can I...

If you look a word up in the dictionary and twenty minutes later you're still wandering around in the dictionary, you probably have the most basic equipment you need to be a poet.

I want to assure you with all earnestness, that no writing is a waste of time, — no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you...