I was always creatively stubborn, adverse to editing by others, and wanted to use the kind of Ukrainian we spoke among ourselves rather than the more artificial prescribed literary Ukrainian. The problem was the greatest in prose, where editors would change my language because "it sounded better this way." My poetry they left alone probably out of deference to that hallowed genre.
In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative? - Yuriy Tarnawsky
In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?
- Yuriy Tarnawsky
I was always creatively stubborn, adverse to editing by others, and wanted to use the kind of Ukrainian we spoke among ourselves rather than the more… - Yuriy Tarnawsky
I was always creatively stubborn, adverse to editing by others, and wanted to use the kind of Ukrainian we spoke among ourselves rather than the more…
I find that biographical material holds me back, hampers my creative process, cramps my imagination. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
I find that biographical material holds me back, hampers my creative process, cramps my imagination.
I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.
How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself.
I always lived in a multilingual society (Polish-Ukrainian, German-Ukrainian, English-Ukrainian), and was open to outside linguistic influences. I th… - Yuriy Tarnawsky
I always lived in a multilingual society (Polish-Ukrainian, German-Ukrainian, English-Ukrainian), and was open to outside linguistic influences. I th…
Imagination is so much more fertile than life. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
Imagination is so much more fertile than life.
I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction.
Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.
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