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book writing long
My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know. Charles de Lint
book writing want
I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That's what I'm doing except I'm just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do. Charles de Lint
book writing seven
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them. Charles de Lint
book writing differences
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers. Charles de Lint
book night cities
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose? Charles de Lint
book biblical world
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. Charles Dickens
book beer words-of-wisdom
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. Charles Dickens
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
writing perfect limelight
Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending. Charlie Chaplin
writing dinner feels
Unless I write every day, I don't feel I deserve my dinner. Charlie Chaplin
writing use different
Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. Charles de Lint
writing play careers
I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories I was telling then were in narrative verse and prose poems, short and succinct, except for one novel-length poem written in narrative couplets. Charles de Lint
writing paper remember
The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. Charles de Lint
writing might-use giving
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. I don't care what literary device you might use, or belief systems you tap into--if you can make a story true for the reader, if you can give them a glimpse into another way of seeing the world, or another way that they can cope with their problems, then that story is a succes. Charles de Lint
writing character knows
I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them. Charles de Lint
writing each-day next
The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. Charles de Lint
writing world curtains
I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how the world really works. And since I haven't had it I have to write about it instead. Charles de Lint
supportive actors
Actors are actually very supportive of each other. Alan Rickman
support
We want to support the PGA and its members. Dan Murphy
support good-and-bad folks
To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you... Chris Copeland
support-you people way
There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you. Chris Colfer
support information prejudice
We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion. David Suzuki
support fields lucky
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot. Bryan Burrough
support cost benefits
Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created. Bryan Stevenson
supportive system university
We've already established our credibility. The Legislature is very supportive of the university system and comfortable with our role. Carolyn Roberts
supportive
I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half. Martin Freeman