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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

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

There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.

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.

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.