Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Your critics aren’t in the arena. Ignore them.

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Here’s something I’ve learned from decades of publishing. When you are a writer (or podcaster, or visual artist) with something to say, you ...
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Friday, March 4, 2022

Joe Lansdale: The art of good writing

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Joe Lansdale is one of my favorite authors. He consistently delivers good, tightly-plotted stories, populated with memorable characters, and...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Robert E. Howard in his own words

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In honor of what would be his 105th birthday, I thought I’d let Robert E. Howard’s own words do the talking. Here’s a few of my favorites cu...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

On Stories: Discovering a kindred spirit in C.S. Lewis

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Though he’s best known as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia , C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) was also a prolific essayist and an ardent defende...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Over Sea, Under Stone

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"You remember the fairy stories you were told when you were very small--'once upon a time . . .' Why do you think they always b...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Quote of the day

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From J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit : As they sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic m...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Quote of the day: Tolkien's vision of hope

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"Sam struggled with his own weariness, and he took Frodo's hand; and there he sat silent till deep night fell. Then at last, to kee...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Quote of the day--Lord Dunsany

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"And you that sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness of spirit which comes from a...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Why Tolkien is the man

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"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and...
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