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Creative Writing Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "There is creative reading as well as creative writing."
There is creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative..."
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery. Nelson Algren
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good unless you can see a symbol hiding, like a scared gerbil, under every page. And in many creative writing course the little beasts multiply, the place swarms with them. What does this Mean? What does that Symbolize? What is the Underlying Mythos? Kids come lurching out of such courses with a brain full of gerbils. And they sit down and write a lot of empty... Ursula K. Le Guin
I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. Doris Lessing
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. Kurt Vonnegut
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the..."
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away. Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Morgan quote: "I don't think the creative writing industry has helped..."
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. Robert Morgan
I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. Robert Morgan
David Guterson quote: "When I went to college I took a creative writing class and..."
When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer. David Guterson
Mark Strand quote: "Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative..."
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. Mark Strand
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative..."
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. Jennifer Weiner
I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern. Peter Coyote
Conrad Hall quote: "My first semester, I got a D in creative writing."
My first semester, I got a D in creative writing. Conrad Hall

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