Charles de Lint Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

  Charles de Lint

  Character, Attention, Elements

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did want to get close to people, I really did want to know them. It was just easier to do it on paper, one step removed.

  Charles de Lint

  Notebook, Real, Character

• I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

  Charles de Lint

  Writing, Character, Knows

• I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write about the outsider. It might just be because I've been one (or perceived myself to be one) for so much of my life. But the simple fact of being marginalized immediately brings conflict to a story before the narrative even begins, and that's gold for a writer because it means that your character already has depth before events begin to unfold.

  Charles de Lint

  Believe, Book, Writing

• Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm.

  Charles de Lint

  Character, Normal, Dysfunctional Family

• The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up to. And it's fun for readers to spot a familiar face, or pick up on a made-up book title or something from an earlier story. I don't know that it does -- or even should -- contribute to the story in hand being any better than it would have been without it.

  Charles de Lint

  Fun, Real, Book

• I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what if all these words are crap?). If you're too confident, you get an attitude that seeps through into your writing, affecting the characters and the story. If you're too uncertain, you'll never finish anything.

  Charles de Lint

  Attitude, Writing, Character

• I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves.

  Charles de Lint

  Real, Writing, Character

• My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped into my own.

  Charles de Lint

  Pain, Real, Character

  "Memory and Dream". Book by Charles de Lint, 1994.

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