Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.

For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.

The muse is fickle; ergo, when she knocks, ANSWER! It may take a while, but trust me, she WILL knock. In the meantime, keep your ear pressed firmly to the door.

My Characters Tell ME Where THEY Want to Go.

don't be like so many writers, don't be like so many thousands of people who call themselves writers, don't be dull and boring and pretentious, don't be consumed with self-love. the libraries of the...

Don't waste inspiration

The thing you are most afraid to write—write that - advice to young writers

It is always necessary to acknowledge creative injuries and grieve them. Otherwise, they become creative scar tissue and block your growth.

You create your own masterpiece as your actions draw pictures of your life canvas.

Reality cannot breathe without imagination.

Your imagination is a gift, unwrap it.

Without an imagination we would be irreparably shackled to what is, and never be released to what could be.

Imagination is by definition, a complex system.

We are the ink that gives the white page a meaning.

Give me something in between the spectrums of light, darkness and sound and most days I will create something out of it for you.

Very early on, near the beginning of my writing life, I came to believe that I had to seize on some object outside of literature. Writing as a stylistic exercise seemed barren to me. Poetry as the art...

The creative mind plays with the object it loves.

I create, therefore I am.

The art of writing is not as solitary as one might think. When it finally dawns on us one day that our task as writers is to share what we know of the human spirit, we suddenly discover that we were...

the battle for our culture must be waged at the level of the imagination

Very few managers know how to effectively tap the biggest source of performance improvement available to them: namely, the creativity and knowledge of the people who work for them.

Art is a kind of magic. Creativity is mysterious, even to artists, who might be able to name their inspiration but can't always explain how their influences and experiences came together to create...

An artist who conforms to conventional ideas is nothing but a mere charlatan.

Our ability to solve problems is limited by our conception of what is feasible.

Here's how I learned to improvise: I played some music in the studio and I started to move. It sounds obvious, but I wonder how many people, whatever their medium, appreciate the gift of...

That tingle in the brain is called a word. It bats itself against its fleshy bounds.

Physicists have yet to find anything capable of exceeding our known speed of light. The Tao cannot be named, and so I say there is one thing that out - paces all things: we call it "thought." I can...

I Create. I don't "Need". Meaning: I don't need advice or criticism. Unless you're offering money, weed, or whiskey save it. Thanks.

The only thing I knew was that I would give myself permission to imagine anything, and reverse engineer my way from there.

Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing, painting, prayermaking, singing, drumming, active...