“a creature of many contradictions and a protean shapeshifter if there ever was one—said that he often reflected upon the many “selves” that he had possessed over his lifetime”
“a writer of prose that is as precise as it is unwieldy, a master of writing about both highbrow and lowbrow topics”
delicate, and sometimes extreme, dance of contradictions may be precisely what gives rise to the intense inner drive to create … fundamental motivation
creativity is not merely expertise or knowledge but is instead informed by a whole suite of intellectual, emotional, motivational, and ethical characteristics
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this is why artists are modest “This is why artists are modest. They know they’re not doing the work; they’re just taking dictation. It’s also why”noncreative people” hate
toggling between imaginative and rational fiction-writing process (research conducted on a group of novelists) as a “voyage of discovery” that begins with a seed incident—an event or
creative work brings disparate elements together Creative people are hubs of diverse interests, influences, behaviors, qualities, and ideas—and through their work, they find a way to bring these