“When you visit these classes and ask how many children are being read to by their parents, only about a third of the hands go up. I feel this is a sad situation that can affect the development of the creative power of imagination in a detrimental way.”

“Channel 4 has been at the top of its creative game in 2005. Success breeds success and, as a result of what we've achieved in 2005, we're able to raise our editorial spend to record levels and continue to invest in our future.”

“We saw a rare opportunity with Irrational Games, a development studio that has consistently produced creative and original games, 2K Games will provide additional resources and support to the Irrational team so they may continue to deliver cutting-edge games.”

“This is extremely disappointing, because many people have worked very hard to help us find solutions so we didn't have to shut down. Now, we'll just have to come up with creative programming that is not confined to walls.”

“We're looking at ways to get creative about how we can do the management of the calls. It's a fairly significant issue we are facing with the increasing volume of work and the aging population. The number of radiologists being trained is not meeting the need.”

“Affinity marketing is where DM crosses over into field marketing, giving us a broader understanding of how to use samples with consumers. It's not just a DM approach, but about devising creative ideas for sales and using DM skills to drive this.”

“They love their jobs, and they love the creative excitement that comes from working there. But when you're sharing an apartment in Queens with four other people because you're getting 3 to 4 percent annual raises on a $25,000 salary, it's not a great thing.”

“[Cool-named writer Damien Cave adds that current consumers demand a conservation effort marketed] more like a trendy line of sneakers. ... has to be grass-roots driven and you have to allow people to participate in fun, creative ways.”

“If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly increase the consumers' discretionary income and spur interest in retail stocks. Retailers need to be more creative in figuring out ways to bring consumers back into the stores.”

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.