“I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling.” IfsShouldWritingBelieveFormI BelieveCreativeSeriousExpressionHolyCalling Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle of serious work. But without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. It is therefore short-sighted to treat fantasy, on account of its risky or unacceptable nature, as a thing of little worth.” ChildrenLittlesPlayImaginationPrinciplesFantasyCreativeSeriousBirthTreatsAccountsDebtCharacteristicsInconsistentCreative WorkMemories Dreams ReflectionsShort SightedSerious Work Book:Psychological Types Source: Psychological Types
“From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.” KnowsWritingYearsActionFictionCreativeTeachingSeriousElementsDeserveSettingSettingsGrantedTreatmentCreative WritingFiction Writing Author:Garry Disher
“The First Amendment is important not only to guarantee the rights of alternative religions and of nonreligious persons in society; it is also important in setting the only possible legal and social condition for the creative health of serious religion itself.” FirstsPersonsImportantReligionSocialCreativeRightsConditionsSeriousSpeechConstitutionSettingSettingsAlternativesGuaranteesAmendmentsFirst AmendmentSocial Conditions Book:Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock Source: Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock
“If we listen to the better angels of our nature, there are creative and good solutions to serious problems.” IfsProblemCreativeSeriousSolutionsAngel Author:Matt Damon
“I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition.” CareThreeCausesCreativeStageSeriousAmbitionProjectsCharityPermanentPhilanthropyWebsiteFundraisingThree Friends Author:Edward Norton
“There is something about the light, the heat (physical and perhaps metaphysical), the vibrancy of street life, and the rawness and disjointedness of much of the tropical world that has moved and disturbed me - in places where the indigenous culture is often transformed by an external northern culture (sometimes my own... I suspect that one has a few serious creative obsessions in life. I certainly cannot seem to escape this one.” WorldSometimesLightSeemsCultureMy OwnCreativeStreetsSeriousMovedObsessionHeatSuspectsTransformedMetaphysicalIndigenousDisturbedTropicalStreet LifeVibrancyRawnessIndigenous Culture Author:Alex Webb
“My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end. A serious artist will work with intensity to discover themselves, their own personal vision. I believe this is a fundamental aspect of the creative path.” BelieveMeanEndsArtistI BelieveVisionCreativePathAdviceSeriousAspectFundamentalsSatisfiedIntensityImitatingMeans To An EndPersonal VisionImitating Others Author:Michael Kenna
“I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are real introverts who don't go to a lot of Hollywood parties and are most comfortable in their pajamas in our sweet little home. Part of the reason I wanted to be an actor and not just a writer is because I felt much more extroverted than that - I love to be around people, and feed off people's energy, and collaborations. If I hadn't had their example, I wouldn't have been so serious, but I also wouldn't have wanted so much to find another creative outlet.” PeopleRealReasonHomeEnergyParentPartyCreativeSeriousSweetCollaborationIntrovert Author:Zoe Kazan