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There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined world or any of its characters should be allowed to dissolve on an authorial whim. The invented had to be as solid and as self-consistent as the actual. This was a contract founded on mutual trust. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#books #writers #imagination

Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#authors #creativity #imagination #imagination

You should listen to even the smallest voice, someday it could be the one that makes a difference. ↗

— Crystal Marcos

#children #crystal-marcos #inspirational #thoughts #inspirational

I pity the people who don't like to read, because then they spend their whole lives stuck in this one world and dont get to discover any others. ↗

— Christian Marotti

#inspirational #reading #richard-deneny #inspirational

We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it. ↗

— Ngaio Marsh

#writing #inspirational

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#authority #classes #i #overcomes #reader

Pacing around my apartment overwhelmed with thought. Inspiration can be a bitter-sweet combination of fantastic insanity. 12:08am - May 14, 2013 ↗

— Ryan Tyler Palmer

#inspirational #quotes #inspirational

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself. ↗

— Jessica Swan

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A man shouldn’t be measured by looks, attire, or finances. A man should be measured by his character, actions, and intelligence. -Nate Spears ↗

— Nate Spears

#poetnatespears #inspirational

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #inopportunity #jealousy #need #richelle