Van Der Vegt Quotes & Sayings

My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder - not easier - than writing any other kind of fiction. — Jane Lindskold

Even a little practical working familiarity with cattle goes a long way in Africa, but how many international relations studies include this? — T.K. Naliaka

And would she herself have married Darcy had he been a penniless curate or a struggling attorney? ... Elizabeth knew that she was not formed for the sad contrivances of poverty. — P.D. James

It says that whenever people cross our paths, there is always a message for us. Chance encounters do not exist. But how we respond to these encounters determines whether we're able to receive the message. If we have a conversation with someone who crosses our path and we do not see a message pertaining to our current questions, it does not mean there was no message. It only means we missed it for some reason. — James Redfield

There is no desire that anyone holds for any other reason than that they believe they will feel better in the achievement of it. Whether it is a material object, a physical state of being, a relationship, a condition, or a circumstance - at the heart of every desire is the desire to feel good. And so, the standard of success in life is not the things or the money - the standard of success is absolutely the amount of joy you feel. — Esther Hicks

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence. — Francois Fenelon

I don't know - the idea of a specific wine paired with a specific piece of music seems a little far-fetched to me. But maybe I just need to be opened to it. — Mike D

He was thiryt-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. — Nicholas Sparks

Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you. — Tom Robbins

Ninety percent of writing is about listening. — Natalie Goldberg

Leopold, like most men of power and prestige, was not so much interested in listening to what others had to say as he was in having an audience. — Jeremy Robinson

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains. — Gary Oldman

Richard felt about as conspicuous as a foreskin at a Jewish nudist camp. — Dylan J. Morgan

I love doctors and hate their medicine. — Walt Whitman

It's good to listen to lots of different stuff, just whatever you like. The first two records I ever bought were Alice Cooper, Killer and Jethro Tull, Aqualung. That's two weird records to begin with, but I think they hold up well. — James Hetfield