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

Process, First, Importance, Value, Writer

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

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Process, Creativity, Imagination, Mind, Idea

"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

"All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Process, Error, Impatience, Reason

"Rust through washing never became white."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Process, Change, Life, Truth

"The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Process, Practice, Steps, Forgiveness, Excuse

"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

"But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Process, Enjoyment, Feeling

"Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Process, Simplicity, Progress, Writing, Patience

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

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Process, Writing, Mystery, Creativity, Art

"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

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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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"If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea."

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"Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone."

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"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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"That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things."

Woman

"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."

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

"All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue."

"Rust through washing never became white."

"The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone."

"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."

"But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes."

"Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

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

"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."

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

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

"If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea."

"Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone."

"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."

"When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out."

"Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have."

"One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it."

"That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things."

"Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought."