“If you would know this country, you must know its stories.” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Australia Copy Share Image
“The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Drama Copy Share Image
“From the writer's perspective, audience is always an act of the imagination.” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Audience Copy Share Image
“What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
“Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It's expensive and hard to come by. Though it is the heir… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Originality has nothing to do with producing something ’ new’ - it is about seeking the source, the primordial ground from which… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Creativity Copy Share Image
“POUND We spend twelve hundred generations developing so-called civilization to the point where it produces an expert who can offer us salvation… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Civilization Copy Share Image
“Your audience is your adversary. If you don't have one get one - imagine it. Imagine it now. To whom is your… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Audience Copy Share Image
“No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Betrayal Copy Share Image
“There’s a chasm between writing about yourself and writing about your personal life. A lot of young writers want to turn their… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Ideas Copy Share Image
“A mistake is the name we give to any action in which we perceive a difference between what we intended and what… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Characters Copy Share Image
“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing,… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Friends and family Copy Share Image
“No matter how cleverly we disguise our anxieties they bear witness to the imperfect nature of the human heart. To be is… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Endless journey Copy Share Image