Design Thought Leader

March 20, 2010

John Warner: “Is there ever any anxiety over your own creative MO? That’s been one of my most constant struggles, a love of starting things, less interest in finishing them. I tell myself it’s better than working on something where I’m not feeling inspired, but it took me almost 15 years of trying to finally finish a novel at least good enough to take a shot at publication. Aren’t we all struggling with a sense that we might be doing it ‘wrong?’ Or with age, is peace and wisdom achieved?”

Philip Graham: “Oh, I’m much more relaxed about the whole process than I used to be. Basically, all that matters is what appears on the page, I don’t worry so much anymore about publishing schedules. I’m primarily interested in the trial and error of forging the patterns of my imagination’s fingerprint; the grimy marks it may leave on the world comes later.”

Source: A Conversation With Writer Philip Graham by John Warner

Labels: Creativity