“Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.” PastForceGoalChallengesWhiteCreativePagesAdvantageCreative WorkPast SuccessCirque Du Soleil Author:Guy Laliberte
“Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page and be a co-author with the writer, because the story is just squiggles on the page unless you have a reader.” WholeStoriesReadingAsksImaginationAbilityCreativeWrittenReaderPagesWhole LifeLife ExperienceWritten WordCreative Imagination Author:Katherine Paterson
“I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.” FeelsLooksBookEnjoyCreativeInformationWallPagesWeightTitlesRemindersSpineCreative Thought Author:Al Seckel
“If I waited until I felt creative, I would never have had a career. I long ago learned that a day that starts out badly, when nothing comes out on the page or comes out wrong, can suddenly turn into a good day a few hours later, when suddenly everything starts to click. The brain can be cajoled into being creative.” IfsLongTurnsFeltHoursBrainCareersCreativePagesLong AgoBe CreativeGood DayClicks Author:Dean Koontz
“The books people are writing today, they're too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of Creative Writing. They teach classes in how to do this. They should teach classes in how to stop!” PeopleShouldWritingLittlesLongBookTodayBitsClassTeachCreativeLittle BitPagesPlotCreative Writing Author:Douglas Adams
“Do not take the creative process personally. At every stage, you are going to feel like it's all falling apart, like the golden egg of truth in your brain is not manifesting on the page or on set or in the edit. But that panic, that loss, that pain - that is the process of creation. Let it hurt, drink some coffee and keep going.” FeelsPainFallProcessHurtLossBrainCreativeStageCreationDrinkPagesCoffeeGoldenEggsKeep GoingManifestPanicCreative ProcessIt HurtsFalling ApartEditsGolden Eggs Author:Jessie Kahnweiler
“The handwritten pages make for fun giveaways. If someone reviews one of my books online, like on Amazon or Goodreads, they can notify me through my web site, and I'll send them an original page. They can see my creative process in all its scribbly glory.” IfsBookFunProcessCreativePagesGloryOriginalsOnlineReviewsCreative ProcessSiteAmazonGoodreadsNotify Author:Brian Pinkerton
“I've been doing morning pages: the first thing I do when I wake up is sit down and write three pages of whatever comes into my head. The more I do them, the more creative I get and the smaller my problems seem. I can turn something that I hated a few days ago into a short story or a song.” WritingFirstsI CanStoriesProblemSeemsSongTurnsThreeMorningCreativePagesWake UpDown AndHatedShort Story Author:T. Mills
“When you face a creative change at the house, you have to start a dialogue, and talk with the designer about how he envisions the brand to make sure that you're on the same page. It's the way the designers talk about the brand, and what they see, and their emotions, how they perceive the house.” WayFacesHouseEmotionCreativePagesDialogueBrandsPerceiveDesigner Author:Delphine Arnault
“I think that what kind of is making this different is the creative group of us that has come together and we're all kind of on the same page working towards the same goal. So it is a real collaborative effort of our hearts more than it is oh you have the writer, you have the director, the producer, whatever.” ThinkingHeartKindDifferentRealTogetherGoalEffortCreativeGroupsDirectorsPagesProducersAll KindsCollaborative Effort Author:Boti Bliss
“Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke, the ratio of pages kept to pages thrown out declined drastically. But onstage, when rapping about a feeling I already owned, I would sometimes get a burst of eloquence.” WritingTwoSometimesFeelingsSidesCareersCreativeHappenedInfluencePagesDown AndRapThings HappenTwo ThingsThrownEloquenceCokeRatios Author:George Carlin
“Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingRealCharacterRealityCoursesProcessChallengesCreativeReaderPagesIllusionIntelligentNarrativeArrogantCreative ProcessTwinsDisbeliefSeducingJuvenileHarbour Author:Michel Faber