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Holly Lisle Biography

Writer

Holly Lisle, born on October 8, 1960, is a renowned American writer known for her works in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and romance. Her unique narrative style and in-depth character development have earned her a dedicated fan base.

War

Book:Memory of Fire

Source: Memory of Fire

“If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time to pursue them is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.”

Dreams Excuses

Author:Holly Lisle

“Fiction---good fiction, anyway---is dream made flesh, given purpose and drive, and set on a quest to show us the best in us and to give us the power and the tools to dream beyond reality's 'merely good enough' to a vision of what is truly great... ...and then to give us the stories of men and women of character who in turn inspire those of us who dare to reach for the truly great within ourselves. THAT is why you write fiction.”

Inspirational Writing Fiction Writing Advice

Author:Holly Lisle

“I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.”

Dies

Author:Holly Lisle

“Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.”

Ifs Reason Faces Moving Sides Lovers Guilt Faithful Abandoned Good Friend Back When Your Side

Author:Holly Lisle

“Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.”

Ends Hurt Interesting Attitude Adventure Cold Hot Hungry Wet Getting Hurt

Book:The Silver Door

Source: The Silver Door

“I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get, and that you know right away would help you, but that you cannot follow.”

Knows Helping Attitude Advice Good Advice

Book:The Silver Door

Source: The Silver Door

“I had come to discover that "safe" was an illusion, a pretense that adults wrapped around their children- and sometimes themselves- to make the world seem comfortable. I had discovered that under that thin cover of let's-pretend, monsters and nightmares lay, and that not all of them came from places like the moonroads or the nightling cities. Some of the monsters were people we knew. People we thought we could trust.”

People World Children Sometimes Seems Cities Safe Comfortable Illusion Adults Lays Monsters Nightmare Pretense

Book:The Silver Door

Source: The Silver Door

“Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.”

Doe Offensive Worth Your Time

Author:Holly Lisle

“A voice speaks to each of us in the still silent places - a voice that tells us to stand, to have courage, to do what is right.”

Stills Speak Voice Silent Have Courage

Book:The Secret Texts

Source: The Secret Texts

“If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.”

Ifs Action Acting Responsibility Accepting Forever Position Positive Defense Chained

Book:Fire in the Mist

Source: Fire in the Mist

“Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.”

Thinking Steps Struggle

Author:Holly Lisle

“You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.”

Facts Motivational Faces You Choose

Book:Fire in the Mist

Source: Fire in the Mist

“If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.”

Ifs Want Dream Inspiration Loses Perfect Excuse Pursue Making Excuses

Author:Holly Lisle

“Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.”

Self Law Easy Ignorance Endless Restraint Self Education Replacements Self Restraint Willful Ignorance

Book:The Secret Texts

Source: The Secret Texts

“Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them.”

Challenges Endure Delight

Author:Holly Lisle

“Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.”

Firsts Motivational Action Awareness Consequence Responsible Knowing Who You Are Rules Of Life Actions Have Consequences

Book:Fire in the Mist

Source: Fire in the Mist

“The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself.”

Accepted

Book:Fire in the Mist

Source: Fire in the Mist

“This is writing. You cut out chunks of your own memories, rework them, bleed into them, breathe into the raw clay, and hope the creature lives.”

Writing Memories Cutting Creatures Breathe Clay Chunks Rework

Author:Holly Lisle

“The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book”

Writing Book Careers Definitions

Author:Holly Lisle

About the Author

Born: October 8, 1960
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 20

Books & Sources

Fire in the MistRelated source material

The Silver DoorRelated source material

The Secret TextsRelated source material

Memory of FireRelated source material

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