Category - Steven Erikson

Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Steven Erikson, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Steven Erikson
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Steven Erikson

When two people are paying close attention to each other, check out the others in the group and see who’s observing. Human dynamics are amazing, but so much that you might learn is subconscious interplay.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

I have to feel what I’m writing, right down to the core.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

I’ve spoken often of how the fantasy genre is able to, with the greatest freedom among all the genres, take a metaphor and make it real. But of course that’s only the starting point.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson

The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth.

– Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson Sympathy

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

– Steven Erikson

Category - Steven Erikson

When two people are paying close attention to each other, check out the others in the group and see who’s observing. Human dynamics are amazing, but so much that you might learn is subconscious interplay.

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.

I have to feel what I’m writing, right down to the core.

I’ve spoken often of how the fantasy genre is able to, with the greatest freedom among all the genres, take a metaphor and make it real. But of course that’s only the starting point.

The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth.

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

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