Charles de Lint Quotes
A body of work may be reviled - mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings - and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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I have learned that there's a little bit of a danger in stressing ourselves out and living in the future - worry affects how we are today.
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I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
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The conventional wisdom is that authors get only one chance in this world. If your first novel doesn't sell, publishers and bookstores lose interest, and your career stalls, barring an act of God or Oprah.
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I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world.
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A body of work may be reviled - mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings - and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.
