"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written."

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"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written."

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"Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Process, Day, Now, Thinking, Want

"He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things."

Margery Allingham, English Writer

Process, Intuition, Quiet

"I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Process, Creativity, Discovery, Freedom

"There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Process, Writing, Mystery, Creativity, Art

"If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient. [25 February 2010]"

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Process, Creativity, Patience, Rest, Insight

"It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project."

David Crystal, English Educator

Process, Project, Shakespeare, Words, Years

"You do everything by the book, like everybody else, you get the same results s everybody else."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Process, Routine, Conformity, Efficiency

"Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Process, Artist, Insight, Consciousness, Work

"Creativity is a synthesis of two qualities: imagination and concreteness."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Process, Creativity, Imagination, Mind, Idea

"Rust through washing never became white."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Process, Change, Life, Truth

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"Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do."

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"Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain."

War

"The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better."

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"There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone."

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"Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk."

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