Creative Obstacle Quotes

I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

We have no adequate conception of the perfection of the ancient tragic dance. The pleasure which the greeks received from it had for its basis difference; & the more unfit the vehicle, the more lively was the curiosity & intense the delights at seeing the difficulty overcome.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on a brief passage in a novel or brainstorming about an entire book-it's usually because I'm trying to shoehorn an idea into the passage or story where it has no place.

Sometimes you can play against type, or you can just repeat what they've already done. It can be an obstacle; it's a very fine line.

It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.

I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it's the other way around.

Art should not be an easy thing.

All the good pictures that came so easily now make the next set of pictures virtually impossible in your mind.

It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.