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After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to establish routines for themselves.

Being able to write creatively or read creative fiction is the best way to exercise your imagination.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

To me, stretching the capabilities of my imagination is a crucial aspect of writing fiction; you could think of it as a mental form of athleticism.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.

There's a great social component to being a writer, to being an artist.

I'm dependent on writing for a living, so really it's to my advantage to understand how the creative process works. One of the problems is, when you start to do that, in effect you're going to have to step off the edge of science and rationality.

When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I didn't have one creative bone in my body.

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.