You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow. — Charles de Lint Finding yourself Copy Share Image
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? — Charles de Lint Left Copy Share Image
What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. — Charles de Lint Lying Copy Share Image
Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. — Charles de Lint Different Copy Share Image
The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. — Charles de Lint Each day Copy Share Image
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. — Charles de Lint Agreed Copy Share Image
Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference. — Charles de Lint Certain Copy Share Image
Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. — Charles de Lint Blue Copy Share Image
Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin. — Charles de Lint Heart Copy Share Image
“Myslela jsem si, že se to stává, když je člověk starý." Denzil se zakuckal. "A ty jsi poměrně stará, myslím. Sedmnáct, není-liž… — Charles de Lint Astronomy Copy Share Image
You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All… — Charles de Lint Asian Copy Share Image
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… — Charles de Lint Books Copy Share Image
Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out… — Charles de Lint Darkness Copy Share Image
Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever… — Charles de Lint Beauty Copy Share Image
It reminded me of that tongue-in-cheek quick history of art I'd overheard...Used to be people couldn't draw very well, then they could,… — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to… — Charles de Lint Attention Copy Share Image
“I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk… — Charles de Lint Fairy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we wonder what it's like to feel normal," Maida said. "You know, like all the people you see out on the… — Charles de Lint Boring Copy Share Image
“Maybe she couldn’t go. Maybe she wanted him to stay. But she knew enough not to try to hold him back if… — Charles de Lint Making friends Copy Share Image
I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it.… — Charles de Lint Bits Copy Share Image
Life's an act of magic, too. Claire Hamill sings a line in one of her songs that really sums it up for… — Charles de Lint Alleys Copy Share Image
“It's my diary", she'd explained. "Every mark I've had drawn on my skin connects me to where and who I've been- so… — Charles de Lint Beauty Copy Share Image
I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but… — Charles de Lint Death Copy Share Image
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I… — Charles de Lint Believe Copy Share Image
“You hear this kind of thing, rednecks and their guys and--" "Don't call them that," I say. "They're just assholes. Most people… — Charles de Lint Assholes Copy Share Image
I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our… — Charles de Lint Attention Copy Share Image
People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach… — Charles de Lint Ability Copy Share Image
“I do know that the gardens of the first lands are still lying there, right under the skin of the world- pulsing… — Charles de Lint Dreams Copy Share Image
“The lonesome dark. That's what Jack called a night like this. When you were distanced from everything and everybody. Out on your… — Charles de Lint Better place Copy Share Image
There were two forests for every one you entered. There was the one you walked in, the physical echo, and then there… — Charles de Lint Alphabet Copy Share Image
“One of my favourite things to do when I write is to bring a sense of wonder to a normal everyday setting...… — Charles de Lint Books Copy Share Image
“Not only do we all have magic, it's all around us as well. We just don't pay attention to it. Every time… — Charles de Lint Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories… — Charles de Lint Access Copy Share Image
