Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. Charles de Lint More Quotes by Charles de Lint More Quotes From Charles de Lint The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. Charles de Lint next each-day writing Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music. Charles de Lint obsessive-love teenager book One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. Charles de Lint honor Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding into another. In my writing, music's mostly something that feeds my inspiration and mood while I'm writing, but it's also taught me how to score scenes and even novels. The rise and fall of the storyline echoes the flow of a good piece of music. Charles de Lint inspiration art fall My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped into my own. Charles de Lint pain real character I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how the world really works. And since I haven't had it I have to write about it instead. Charles de Lint curtains writing world 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 sound may enemy I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves. Charles de Lint real writing character Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers, it was nothing like it would be today. It was the Summer of Love and there was a real sense of community among us. We were hippies who looked out for each other instead of trying to rip each other off. We only had to watch out for the police who liked to roust us just on general principles, and the kids who came in from the suburbs to do a little hippie-bashing. Charles de Lint rip real summer I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them. Charles de Lint seven writing book The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better. Charles de Lint good-mood mood sometimes Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. Charles de Lint different use writing The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm free to experiment more. If it doesn't work out, I've only lost a week or two of work. If I screw up a novel I've lost at least a year's worth of work. But the nice thing is that those experiments with short stories can be carried over to novels when the experiments do work. Charles de Lint nice two years The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. Charles de Lint only see sight world
