Brenda Ueland
Brenda Ueland
Brenda Uelandwas a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. She is best known for her book If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 October 1891
CountryUnited States of America
important originals
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
writing self two
So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing ...
writing generosity performances
...writing is not a performance but a generosity.
great
Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.
happy imagination needs
So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.
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I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.