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Story Quotes by Charles de Lint
- I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what…
- I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories I…
- I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write…
- I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life…
- The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up…
- There are no happy endings... There are no endings, happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories which are just part of the one…
- The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether…
- The best change you can make is to hold up a mirror so that people can look into it and change themselves. That's the only…
- Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too small…
- 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 around a sleeping…
- I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world is turning into…
- 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, I’m listening to…
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- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster
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