“To write, all you need is a creative mind and a lot of free time.”

“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”

“To express yourself in a creative way you don't need structure you need an empty mind.”

“Creativity comes with being human, it is the power to think new, to imagine, to see a metaphor....All you need is an open mind”

“You can get yourself pretty thoroughly lost, in time and space, if you don't know where you are or where you have just come from. How is this relevant to creative writing and writing programs? First of all, there is a certain amount of misinformation masquerading as assumed history -- as the story of creative writing in America.”

“Own your creativity. You are creative with the same juice that flows in all of life. The question is not whether you are creative enough but whether you will free yourself to express it.”