"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."

Creativity, Ideas, Want

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"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."

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"Imagination is the creative force that through necessity yields solutions to resolve the issues that face us."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!"

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"But the detail of the poem shows power akin to genius, and reveals to us that much neglected law of literary history -- that potential genius can never become actual unless it finds or makes the Form which it requires."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal that you can gather votes like box tops is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

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"And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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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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"If you ever desire to give birth to anything at all, then you cannot do without solitude."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Like most arts, the link between the mind and the pen can chain you like an enslaved workaholic. Even on an intended vacation you suddenly have this killer urge to record whatever the vacation may teach."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book."

Now,

"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."

Creativity, Ideas, Want

"People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek book they'll give to people they wouldn't expect to like others."

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"The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues."

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"Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality."

Reality, Will

"There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't."

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"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

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"Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction."

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"I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading."

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"I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made."

Choice,