There's stories and then there's stories. The ones with any worth change your life forever, perhaps only in a small way, but… — Charles de Lint Change your life Copy Share Image
Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of -- heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a… — Charles de Lint Ability Copy Share Image
“Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make… — Charles de Lint Available Copy Share Image
I can’t imagine it now, but I must’ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don’t just get itself… — Charles de Lint Baby Copy Share Image
You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow. — Charles de Lint Finding yourself 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
Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every… — Charles de Lint Boring Copy Share Image
The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm… — Charles de Lint Experiments 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
The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering… — Charles de Lint Beauty Copy Share Image
You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself. — Charles de Lint Attitude Copy Share Image
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I… — Charles de Lint Book 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
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
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. — Charles De Lint Copy Share Image
“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any… — Charles de Lint Book Copy Share Image
When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different. — Charles de Lint Different Copy Share Image
You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it… — Charles de Lint Adventure Copy Share Image
Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat… — Charles de Lint Children Copy Share Image
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in… — Charles de Lint Done Copy Share Image
I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people… — Charles de Lint Going away Copy Share Image
“Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree. The tale, she understood, did not so… — Charles de Lint Daily life Copy Share Image
