Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
happy-endings distrust conventional
I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.
writing impact advice
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.
hero character long
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
needs
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
war men hands
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
hate ice mates
If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.
inspirational funny motivational
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.
sister heart moon
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...
stars rose too-much
I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
made wells
You were made to be kissed, often and well.
song lucky ends
We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.
hero dark artist
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.
men half fool
I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.
forgiving forget
Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.