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
writing self lazy
Self-trust is so important. When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good-natured. And be lazy. Feel that you are going to throw it away. Try writing utterly unplanned stories and see what comes out.
self feelings secret
The writer has a feeling and utters it from his true self. The reader reads it and is immediately infected and has exactly the same feeling. This is the whole secret of enchantment and fascination.
writing thinking drawing
Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing.
creativity long six
I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day.
important originals
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
communication constantly creative listening magnetic people strange tired
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.