When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.
Charles de LintThere are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
Charles de LintWrite from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're feeling inspired or not; never be afraid to take chances, in fact, make sure you take chances. As soon as you become complacent, you become boring ... . Read as much as possible, not simply in the genre, or what you think you're interested in, but other things as well.
Charles de LintYou walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself.
Charles de LintMusicโs the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. Thereโs always music. If Iโm not playing it, Iโm listening to it. With my writing... sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something Iโm working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood.
Charles de Lint