"I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut."

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"I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut."

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"Musicians do not get on stage without hearing the song singing inside of them. Poets do not write as if they are jotting down a sermon, they see everything in their subconscious before presenting it to the conscious, which they later turn to readable materials. Artist do not draw and paint without painting in dream states, trance, or see an art form that others do not see. Being creative does not calls for being any supernatural entity, but in creating with the entities inside of you."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Creativity, Art, Subconscious, Dream

"I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.I have also found that what I write is read by an audience which puts little stock either in grace or the devil. You discover your audience at the same time and in the same way that you discover your subject, but it is an added blow."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

Creativity, Writing, Faith, Grace, Audience

"Treasure your Ideas, for they are like seeds that germinate in your mind. They Root, Shoot, and Fruit into Concepts & Creativity that are beyond Imagination."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Creativity, Idea, Growth, Life

"Unfortunately, bureaucratic problems at the federal level are causing many other small Washington companies to be denied federal funding that would help transfer their ideas from their laboratories into our homes and hospitals."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

Creativity, Ideas, Help, Hospitals, Problems

"But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Creativity, Writing, Expression, Emotion, Communication

"My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions."

Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Novelist

Creativity, Home, Observation, Study

"Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

Creativity, Ideas, Labor, Right, Thinking

"Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ARTISTS. It's time for us to rise above and to create. To show humanity. To spread hope. We must prevent society from destroying itself, from losing its way. Now is the time for love."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Creativity, Hope, Society, Love, Change

"Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Creativity, Writing, Life, Talent, Expression

"You know you're writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Creativity, Writing, Quality, Process

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"An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation."

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"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

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"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."

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"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

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"Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting."

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"Treasure your Ideas, for they are like seeds that germinate in your mind. They Root, Shoot, and Fruit into Concepts & Creativity that are beyond Imagination."

"Unfortunately, bureaucratic problems at the federal level are causing many other small Washington companies to be denied federal funding that would help transfer their ideas from their laboratories into our homes and hospitals."

"But writing poems and letters doesn't seem to do much good."

"My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions."

"Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor."

"Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context."

"You know you're writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket."

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"Hindsight is always twenty-twenty."

"Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon."

"You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning."

"They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original."

"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."

"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

"Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting."