C.J. Heck > Quotes

“We all have an inner voice, our personal whisper from the universe. All we have to do is listen -- feel and sense it with an open heart. Sometimes it whispers of intuition or precognition. Other times, it whispers an awareness, a remembrance from another plane. Dare to listen. Dare to hear with your heart.”
― CJ Heck, Bits and Pieces: Short Stories from a Writer's Soul

“We are all products of our environment; every person we meet, every new experience or adventure, every book we read, touches and changes us, making us the unique being we are.”
― C.J. Heck

“A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...”
― CJ Heck

“May you always see the world through the eyes of a child.”
― CJ Heck

“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”
― CJ Heck

“Children have such an innocent view of their world and surroundings; every thought is a garden full of wonder.”
― C.J. Heck

“We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.”
― C.J. Heck

“I've made a lot of choices, some good, some not so good; how sad for those who merely hitchhike along, never daring to choose at all.”
― C.J. Heck, Anatomy of a Poet

“I miss those childish days of long ago, when one day was as long as twenty are now ...”
― C.J. Heck

“On Writing Poetry: Take everyday words beyond everyday talent and write them alive.”
― C.J. Heck

“At this stage of my life, I've finally come to realize I've learned more from my children than they ever learned from me.”
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“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?”
― CJ Heck

“Through writing, we walk out of the darkness into the light together, one small step at a time.”
― C.J. Heck

“Thou shalt not' is soon forgotten, but 'Once upon a time'
lasts forever.”
― C.J. Heck

“A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat at a time. It's the same for a writer ...”
― C.J. Heck

“A writer's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one word, one sentence, one phrase at a time.”
― C.J. Heck