"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

Creativity, Writing, Enjoyment, Process

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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

Creativity, Artists, World, Thoughts, Deeds

"Her words dance on the page."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Creativity, Word, Dance, Expression

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

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Creativity, Nature, Life, Art

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

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Creativity, Life, Poetry, Ocean, Depth

"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

Creativity, Learning, Writing, Art, Passion

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

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Creativity, Inspirational, Imagination, Art

"One's writing is good only when the intelligence and the imagination are in equilibrium. As soon as one of them overbalances the other, it's all up; you may as well throw it away and begin afresh."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Creativity, Writing, Intelligence, Imagination, Balance

"Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Creativity, Ideas, Facts, Mankind

"You would be amazed by how I can torture the English language. I am an abusive lover."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Creativity, Language, Humor, Writing, Abuse

"But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Creativity, Labour, Division, Writing, Reading

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"There was an agelessness about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same."

Emotion, Joy, Identity, Calm

"Flies are the dead man's revenge."

Death, Revenge, Nature, Darkness

"His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin."

Symbolism, Glory, Darkness, Power

"One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right."

Reflection, Dream, Time, Opportunity, Regret

"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

Duty, Honor, Violence, Responsibility, Decision

"On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong."

War, Morality, Delusion, Judgment

"I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?"

Compassion, Empathy, Grief, Emotion, Fiction

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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."

"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.."

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

"One's writing is good only when the intelligence and the imagination are in equilibrium. As soon as one of them overbalances the other, it's all up; you may as well throw it away and begin afresh."

"Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other."

"You would be amazed by how I can torture the English language. I am an abusive lover."

"But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it."

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"There was an agelessness about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same."

"Flies are the dead man's revenge."

"His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin."

"One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right."

"A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands."

"Wolves and women wed for life."

"Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage."

"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

"On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong."

"I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?"