"Water is the soul of the Earth."

-- W. H. Auden

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“Magic is a combination of art and science. It's an art because of the traditional parts of things, the graceful gestures, the sonorous invocations, the use of colour, sight, sound, all of these things make it very much an art form. Yet it is also a science as well because we expect something to come of what we do. Using and creating these almost dreamlike inner landscapes in which we can live, move, and have our being.”

Source : Interview with Mark Stavish, www.servantsofthelight.org. June 10, 1996.
“The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.”
“I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.”
“You never know how your skills are going to play out at the next level. But I knew I had a lot of doubles and I was capable of driving the ball into gaps.”
“As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country', I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.”
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: â€œThis is where the novel should actually start.â€ A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new nest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.”
“Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it.”

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