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
Imagination is so much more fertile than life. - Yuriy Tarnawsky
Imagination is so much more fertile than life.
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.
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?
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.
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…
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…
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