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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

Imagination runs through the places where we live like water. We need both things-a living knowledge of the land and a live imagination of it and our place in it- if we are going to preserve it. ↗

— Robert Hass

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There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper... ↗

— Criss Jami

#building-up #compression #creativity #deaf #development

I have always believed in the principle that immediate survival is more important than long-term survival. ↗

— Jack McClelland

#publishing #survival #writing #imagination

Her maktul katilinde yaşamaya devam eder. ↗

— Elif Shafak

#imagination #life #philosophy #truth #writing

Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#writing #art

Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure The building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the "next step", and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired. ↗

— S.A.R.K.

#creativity #dreaming #procrastination #writing #art

No writer has an imaginative power richer than what the streets offer. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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For historians, creative writers provide a kind of pornography. They break the rules and admit the thing that is imagined, but is not licensed to be imagined. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#history #writing #imagination

I want to write a book about shoes that’s full of footnotes. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #shoes #write #writing-a-book #funny