"I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church."

Creativity, Idea, Church, Afterlife, Contempt

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"I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church."

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"We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Her words dance on the page."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

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"I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Fallen leaves on the ground are the golden song of immortal creativity."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

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"My pond life with hydra is over, now I'm into the ocean world of poetry to dive deeper.."

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"Writing a book is like raising a child, the only difference is you don't have the fucking part in writing a book."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Do more than just exist, create to inspire!"

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

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"Are you considering becoming a creative person? Too late, you already are one. To even call somebody "a creative person" is almost laughably redundant; creativity is the hallmark of our species. We have the sense for it; we have the curiosity for it; we have the opposable thumbs for it; we have the rhythm for it; we have the language and the excitement and the innate connection to divinity for it.If you're alive, you're a creative person. You and I and everyone you know are descended from tens of thousands of years of makers. Decorators, tinkerers, storytellers, dancers, explorers, fiddlers, drummers, builders, growers, problem-solvers, and embellishers--these are our common ancestors."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Creativity, Humanity, Curiosity, Exploration

"I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and wants to learn and has got to write, he don't know why, he will learn from almost any source that he finds. He will learn from older people who are not writers, he will learn from writers, but he learns it -- you can't teach it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"What may be myth in one world may always be fact in some other."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds."

"Her words dance on the page."

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"Fallen leaves on the ground are the golden song of immortal creativity."

"My pond life with hydra is over, now I'm into the ocean world of poetry to dive deeper.."

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"They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I."

"Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow."

"First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family."

"I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in."

"I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable."