Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“I really need to remember to block my thoughts." "Oh, come on," he pulled me closer towards him. "Why are you so… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
Writing is the act of creation. Put words on page. Words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to 7-book epic fantasy cycles… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Hermes rolled his eyes. "Surely you've seen network TV lately. It's clear they don't know whether they're coming or going. That's because… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
…I noticed you don’t have any self-defense training…” “…I can handle myself just fine.” She stared at me for a long, uncomfortable… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
Disney became hated. It became one of the evil corporations. It used to be loved. They couldn't hold onto talent; they couldn't… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Louis-Cesare slowly pulled himself into a half-standing position against the side of the winery.'What? Did you think one little mage was going… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime!… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Two would actually do it- two magic words that could replace all the religions in the world- two wonderful words that embrace… — Roger Caras Copy Share Image
She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“So, what can I do?” I asked. “Annoy?” I gave him a hurt look. Justus pulled the tip of his hoodie over… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
“I was caged within a four dimensional cube that eclipsed the world around me in an icy mist. I screamed; begging someone,… — J.D. Stroube Copy Share Image
When life backs you into a corner and offers you no escape, when your friends, your lover, and your family abandon you,… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“I looked into her eyes, and saw my own staring back, the same peculiar shade, pale grey, flecked with yellow, rimmed with… — Celia Rees Copy Share Image
“You want me to lie for you?" Aidan asked, watching them. " Believe in me, the way you did in my mama."… — Andrea Hairston Copy Share Image
“When I was a teen, I liked to hang out around popular girls, I thought they had some magic, secrets that only… — Galina Nelson Copy Share Image
“Like wine, Provençal magic had its own distinctive terroir. It was rich and chaotic and romantic. It was a night-magic, confabulated out… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“A major determining factor by which a superior human can be isolated from his average counterparts is his very isolation—the degree to… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“They have no gods. They work magic, and think they are gods themselves. But they are not. And when they die, they… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Is she for real?” He paused and reconsidered. “Are you for real? Spells? Magic? I mean, don’t get me wrong. I drink… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Wickedly Dangerous translates a terrifying figure from folklore , the Baba Yaga, into the smart, resourceful, motorcycle-riding Barbara Yager, who travels with… — Alex Bledsoe Copy Share Image
For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
If knowledge and wisdom keep the same pace in development, the adept is enabled to grasp all the laws of the microcosm… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
Any promising young white man rich enough to theoretically afford a giant oil painting of himself gets to remain young and innocent… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
“Mr. Robertson Davies has also suggested in his Deptford Trilogy that the same great truism which applies to writing, painting, picking horses… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
“When he reached his own room again, he found Khloe curled up on his bed, asleep. He stood over her, watching her… — Lia Davis Copy Share Image
Who can estimate the real wealth that inheres in a fine character. . . . How base and mean money and huge… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
If agricultural land be left uncultivated, in a few years the jungle returns, and signs are not lacking that a similar danger… — William Cecil Dampier Copy Share Image
“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If music ever needs FDA approval in the future, bands like this will be the reason why; Magic Kids' sugar-coated songs paint… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
“Ha!" he thought. “That will teach me to meddle with magic meant for kings! Norrell is right. Some magic is not meant… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“I stared in awe as Ferius shuffled the deck, her hands moving smoothly and confidently as the cards flipped around her fingers.… — Sebastien de Castell Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a Magic Kingdom made of hopes and childhood fantasies. A timeless place where every land was… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
