“I mean, you could lie here day after day, if you wanted to, and think about nothing but waterbugs. Not chase waterbugs, mind you, just think about them. You could spend your whole day, every day, just wondering and pondering about waterbugs, and talking to others about waterbugs . . . and before you realized it, you'd be old. One day you'd realize that you'd never actually seen a waterbug . . . but by then you wouldn't want to, because it would spoil all your beautiful ideas.” IfsThinkingWantMindMeanIdeasWholeWantedBeautifulLyingRealizingTalkingWonderOne DaySpoilPonderingYour Beautiful Book:Tailchaser's Song Source: Tailchaser's Song
“You show me what someone listens to, I’ll tell you everything you want to know about his soul. (For instance, a bunch of Nickelback albums would have indicated he never had a soul in the first place.)” KnowsWantFirstsSoulShowsAlbumsBunchInstanceShow MeNickelback Book:The Dirty Streets of Heaven: Bobby Dollar 1 Source: The Dirty Streets of Heaven: Bobby Dollar 1
“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.” WantWould BeEvilSpeakHellFiveExpensiveMonkeysAttorneySpeak No Evil Author:Tad Williams
“Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important. It's to find out if you're going to be a writer or not, because that's one of the most important lessons. Most, maybe 90% of people, will start writing and never finish what they started. If you want to be a writer that's the hardest and most important lesson: Finish it. Then go back to fix it.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWritingImportantStoriesLessonsHardestShort StoryRewritingImportant Lessons Author:Tad Williams
