“It’s my opinion that only in times of utter depression or lofty peace is it appropriate to be creative.” — Nicholas Trandahl Creativity Copy Share Image
“As long as I have other ideas and projects noted, I feel confident that they'll be alright until I get to them.… — Nicholas Trandahl Ideas Copy Share Image
“I feel like these characters, these places, these beings and plots, and even these inanimate objects are counting on me for survival.… — Nicholas Trandahl Fiction Copy Share Image
“Sometimes just being able to write only a few hundred words as opposed to a few thousand is just fine. As long… — Nicholas Trandahl Language Copy Share Image
“In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me… — Nicholas Trandahl Book signings Copy Share Image
“I primarily use poetry as a purge, a self-medication device when I’m in the depths of loneliness, anxiety or in the throes… — Nicholas Trandahl Depression Copy Share Image
“I write fiction not for my readers and not for myself. I write fiction for the sake of those odd heroic characters… — Nicholas Trandahl Books Copy Share Image
“I have to be in a particular mindset to write poetry. I either have to be very depressed or very inspired.” — Nicholas Trandahl Poetry Copy Share Image
“Thoreau’s writings feel more alive to me than any thing that I’ve ever read. When I read anything by Thoreau, I see… — Nicholas Trandahl Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Whenever I read anything by Henry David Thoreau I honestly feel as though he’s with me. No. More like I am with… — Nicholas Trandahl David thoreau Copy Share Image
“Edgar Allan Poe’s writings showed me perfectly that there can be such fragile beauty and purity located in darkness and sorrow.” — Nicholas Trandahl Allan poe Copy Share Image
“I’m a man of music as much as I am a man of words and prose. One could even possibly say that… — Nicholas Trandahl Music Copy Share Image
“There are a couple of utterly important rules to writing anything, whether it's a novel, a short story or a collection of… — Nicholas Trandahl Beginning Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a niche genre, sure, but it has a way of opening people up. It opens me up. As with music… — Nicholas Trandahl Art Copy Share Image
“Henry David Thoreau is my favorite writer of all time, my literary god king, and his essay Wild Apples is my favorite… — Nicholas Trandahl David thoreau Copy Share Image
“Give me a bottle of hard cider, a bowl of Peterson Irish Oak in my Neerup pipe, and please, above all, give… — Nicholas Trandahl Contentment Copy Share Image
“When somebody discusses my work with me and peruses a poem or two, they get to see a piece of who I… — Nicholas Trandahl Art Copy Share Image
