C.J. Heck Quotes

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 ...

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I miss those childish days of long ago, when one day was as long as twenty are now ...

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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?

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A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...

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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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May you always see the world through the eyes of a child.

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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.

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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.

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A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...

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