Real Quotes by Charles de Lint

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of…

— Charles de Lint

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its…

— Charles de Lint

The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.

— Charles de Lint

The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.

— Charles de Lint

My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I…

— Charles de Lint

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of…

— Charles de Lint

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

Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to…

— Charles de Lint

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

As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I…

— Charles de Lint

The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters…

— Charles de Lint

Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it…

— Charles de Lint