Quotes by Billy Marshall Stoneking

Explore a curated collection of 18 quotes by Billy Marshall Stoneking. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

A mistake is the name we give to any action in which we perceive a difference between what we intended and what has occu — Billy Marshall Stoneking
No matter how cleverly we disguise our anxieties they bear witness to the imperfect nature of the human heart. To be is — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Originality has nothing to do with producing something ’ new’ - it is about seeking the source, the primordial ground fr — Billy Marshall Stoneking
THE THINGS POETS & WRITERS DO THAT I LOVEListen to the AncestorsAcknowledge their influences Trust their gut-feelings an — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It's expensive and hard to come by. Though it is the heir of disa — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Poetry is the struggle against the simplification, codification, and mummification of language, it serves as a constant — Billy Marshall Stoneking
No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed t — Billy Marshall Stoneking
We speak for those who cannot speak. We have a duty to tell the stories for those who do not have the advantages that we — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Nothing that happens is meant to happen or not meant to happen. The ‘meant’ is the story we tell ourselves that allows u — Billy Marshall Stoneking
There’s a chasm between writing about yourself and writing about your personal life. A lot of young writers want to turn — Billy Marshall Stoneking
As a screenwriter - if you are completely honest with yourself - you can’t help but admit that your greatest threat is t — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Too many film schools, as well as any number of screenwriting gurus and an obscene number of how-to-write tomes, have ma — Billy Marshall Stoneking
The story writes you as much as you write it. And the process of re-writing isn't so much a quest to re-write the story — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing, and — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Your audience is your adversary. If you don't have one get one - imagine it. Imagine it now. To whom is your story addre — Billy Marshall Stoneking
Fear is elemental to every human endeavour involving risk and change, which includes ALL creative endeavours. To be crea — Billy Marshall Stoneking
As a writer, you can’t get to where you want to be, coming from the place you started, unless you have something extreme — Billy Marshall Stoneking
The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem? — Billy Marshall Stoneking