5 Quotes by Darren Aronofsky to Make You a Better Writer

The director of Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream has shared some fantastic wisdom about writing and creativity!

Brian Rowe
The Writing Cooperative
4 min readDec 6, 2019

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Photo by fancycrave1 at Pixabay

Darren Aronofsky (born in 1969) has made some wonderful films, like Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, and Black Swan.

Here are five quotes he has shared over the years that will absolutely inspire your writing!

1. I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along — something always comes out of that dark period.

Such is the same for your writing. I’ve been writing fiction seriously for ten years now. I’ve had mostly lows. But I kept working at my craft and producing new work and soon some good started to come along. I was accepted to an MFA in Creative Writing program. I signed with a literary agent. Remember, always, no matter how low it gets in your career, or in your life in general, something absolutely good will show up, often when you’re least expecting it.

2. It would be nice to make a movie that other people want to make, because every one of these movies, I basically have to find the only company in the world that’s willing to make it, and it’s always a big

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