Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up… — Charles de Lint Mess Copy Share Image
It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are — Charles de Lint Braids 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
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
The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter. — Charles de Lint Alley cats Copy Share Image
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal… — Charles de Lint Character Copy Share Image
There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big… — Charles de Lint Apples Copy Share Image
Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my… — Charles de Lint Book Copy Share Image
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 Character Copy Share Image
Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. — Charles de Lint Fool Copy Share Image
“They have alls these laws and social boundaries to keep the worst of them in check. The problem is, villains and bullies… — Charles de Lint Bullying Copy Share Image
It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the… — Charles de Lint Answers Copy Share Image
It is so easy for your people to forget that everything has a spirit, that all are equal. That magic and mystery… — Charles de Lint Bedroom 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
The old gods and their magics did not dwindle away into murky memories of brownies and little fairies more at home in… — Charles de Lint Bounds Copy Share Image
“We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom.” — Charles de Lint Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Having to amuse myself during those earlier years, I read voraciously and widely. Mythic matter and folklore made up much of that… — Charles de Lint Book review Copy Share Image
There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there… — Charles de Lint Competition Copy Share Image
Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing. — Charles de Lint Answers Copy Share Image
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 Book Copy Share Image
It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit… — Charles de Lint Fun Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the… — Charles de Lint Concerned Copy Share Image
An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the… — Charles de Lint Dies Copy Share Image
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that… — Charles de Lint Forget Copy Share Image
