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“I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that.”

Thinking Needs Writing Might Pain Song Emotion Creative Capture Be Creative Ups & Downs Writing Love Writing Love Songs

Author:Curtis Jackson

“A laugh lifestyle is predicated upon our attitude toward the daily stuff of life. When those tasks seem too dull to endure, figure out a way to make them fun; get creative and entertain yourself. If the stuff of life for you right now is not dull and boring but instead painful and overwhelming, find something in the midst of the pain that makes you smile or giggle anyway. There's always something somewhere. . . even if you have to just pretend to laugh until you really do!”

Ifs Way Seems Pain Fun Stuff Attitude Laughing Creative Figures Right Now Laughter Tasks Endure Painful Boring Lifestyle Dull Midst Overwhelming Giggle Make You Smile

Book:The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg

Source: The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg

“The hallucinogens produce visionary states, sort of, but morphine and its derivatives decrease awareness of inner processes, thoughts and feelings. They are pain killers; pure and simple. They are absolutely contraindicated for creative work, and I include in the lot alcohol, morphine, barbiturates, tranquilizers the whole spectrum of sedative drugs.”

Source: Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997

“If Slumdog Millionaire projects India as a Third World, dirty-underbelly, developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations. It's just that the Slumdog Millionaire idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Golden Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not.”

“There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color.”

Writing Pain Creative Color Definitions Flavor Adequate Creative Writing

Author:Fannie Hurst

“Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliché for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.”

Knows Art Pain Creative Minutes Great Art Output

Author:Kanye West

“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way.”

Ifs Way Writing May Done Pain Creative Driven Driving Nuts Arrangements Creative Work

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“I like writing and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.”

Thinking Knows Way Needs Writing Trying Stills Different Helping Pain Enjoy Acting Creative Habit Balance Painful Different Ways Help Me Vary

Author:Gbenga Akinnagbe

“I think everyone's going to really try to keep costs down. The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively. I can protect my filmmakers from any form of creative interference, be it from anywhere, if we're all acting in a responsible way and making the pain of a failure be as little as possible.”

Ifs Thinking Way Trying Littles I Can Pain Form Acting Creative Cost Protect Responsible Filmmaker Interference

Author:Eric Fellner