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20 Powerful Quotes About Writing And Creativity.

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Creatives Project Ghana

04 February, 2026
20 Powerful Quotes About Writing And Creativity.

1. “To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.” – Aristotle

2. "The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."— Sylvia Plath

3. "Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written largely in his works." — Virginia Woolf

4. "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." — Maya Angelou

5. "Either you write something worth reading or do something worth writing." — Ben Franklin

6. "If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there will be a lot of empty pages." — Elaine Liner

7. "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." — Scott Adams

8. "Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones." ― Bruce Garrabrandt.

9. “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison

10. “Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” ― Julia Cameron

11. “I believe myself that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything except to keep at it.” — Chinua Achebe

12. “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh

13. “Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks.” – Yo-Yo Ma

14. “You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.” — Sean Connery

15. “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” — Mary Lou Cook

16. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” —Joseph Chilton Pierce

17. “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” — Edward de Bono

18. “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” — E. L. Doctorow

19. “You fail only if you stop writing.” — Ray Bradbury

20. “The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” — John Steinbeck

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