"Write 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 Lint

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.”
“I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?”
“Everybody is an atheist in saying that there is a god - from Ra to Shiva - in which he does not believe. All that the serious and objective atheist does is to take the next step and to say that there is just one more god to disbelieve in.”
“Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.”
“The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.”
“What counts as rational argumentation is as historically determined and as context-dependent, as what counts as good French.”

Source : "Richard Rorty. What made him a crucial American philosopher?" by Stephen Metcalf, www.slate.com. June 18, 2007.
“The fact is I still have quite a few good years in front of me. I still improve.”
“You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.”

Source : Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.86, Vintage

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