Daniel Wallace Quotes

United States, Author
March 7, 1970

Daniel Wallace is an American author. He is best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.

He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.

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You’re not necessarily supposed to believe it…You’re just supposed to believe in it.

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This is what is meant by last words: they are keys to unlock the afterlife. They're not last words but passwords, and as soon as they're spoken you can go.

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- Words
- Keys
- Passwords
When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.

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- Remembered
- Immortal
Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.

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The ending is always a surprise.

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- Always
- Surprise
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.

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- Something
- Would
- Pursuit
Dreams are what keep a man going.

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- Dreams
- Going

In a moment, everything can change and in a moment, you can change everything.

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- Change
- Moment
- Everything
A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.

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- People
- Things
- Himself