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 Changed Copy Share Image
I write on a computer, but I've run the complete gambit. When I was very young, I wrote with a ballpoint pen… — Charles de Lint Able Copy Share Image
Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need. — Charles de Lint Magic Copy Share Image
Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives. — Charles de Lint Dull Copy Share Image
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 Analogies Copy Share Image
The moon likes secrets," Meran said. "And secret things. She lets mysteries bleed into her shadows and leaves us to ask whether… — Charles de Lint Imagination Copy Share Image
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is… — Charles de Lint Belief Copy Share Image
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 Bunch Copy Share Image
I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other. — Charles de Lint Believe Copy Share Image
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. — Charles de Lint Enemy Copy Share Image
A body of work may be reviled -- mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings -- and yet still… — Charles de Lint Body Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but… — Charles de Lint Being true Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell. — Charles de Lint Once upon a time Copy Share Image
Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense… — Charles de Lint Artwork Copy Share Image
"... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how… — Charles de Lint Beauty Copy Share Image
I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And… — Charles de Lint Forget Copy Share Image
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. — Charles de Lint Good Copy Share Image
Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over… — Charles de Lint Lying Copy Share Image
“The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.” — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you… — Charles de Lint Bears Copy Share Image
When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as… — Charles de Lint Done Copy Share Image
Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it,… — Charles de Lint Help me Copy Share Image
“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more.… — Charles de Lint Men and women Copy Share Image
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers)… — Charles de Lint Appeals Copy Share Image
