But if I could just get som ehint, some sign..."
Conchita smiles, without humor, but with great affection. "That's the point behind faith," she says. "It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.
Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in black turtlenecks and smoke Gitanes. I'd listen to cool jazz in clubs, getting up to read devastating truths from my notebook, leaning against the microphone, cigarette dangling from my hand.
Charles de LintStichwörter: growing-up artist poet beatnik turtlenecks
Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.
Charles de LintMyslela jsem si, že se to stává, když je člověk starý."
Denzil se zakuckal. "A ty jsi poměrně stará, myslím. Sedmnáct, není-liž pravda?"
"Osmnáct. A cítím se jako stařena.
The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.
Charles de LintThey have alls these laws and social boundaries to keep the worst of them in check. The problem is, villains and bullies just ignore that kind of thing.
Charles de LintOne of my favourite things to do when I write is to bring a sense of wonder to a normal everyday setting... Yes, there are magical elements, but there are also very down-to-earth elements and often what shines through isn’t the magic, but the lanterns that the characters light against the dark... If you substitute the words “fairy tale” or “myth” for “fantasy,” the reason I use these elements in my own work is that they create resonances that illuminate solutions to the real world struggle without the need for an authorial voice to point them out. Magic never solves the problems–we have to do that on our own–but in fiction it allows the dialogue to have a much more organic approach than the talking heads one can encounter in fiction that doesn’t utilize the same tools.
[from the interview Year’s Best 2012: Charles de Lint on “A Tangle of Green Men”]
Stichwörter: books writing fantasy myth fairy-tales magic
Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are
Charles de LintWhy did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
Charles de LintHave you ever noticed' I said 'how everyone says they want to be different, but as soon as they meet someone who really is different, they ostracize them?
Charles de LintStichwörter: charles-de-lint the-blue-girl
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