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.
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.
- Yuriy Tarnawsky
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?
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 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.
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.
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.
Imagination is so much more fertile than life. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
Imagination is so much more fertile than life.
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…
That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surround… - Yuriy Tarnawsky
That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surround…
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