Daniel Wallace
Daniel Wallace
dream men
Dreams are what keep a man going.
men stories immortal
When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.
men stories remember
Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.
people special attractive
There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive – or repellent, depending on the situation – that a considerable amount more seems to happen to them, and likewise, their presence in a certain place makes more seem to happen around them. They’re magical people. They have special power.
sympathy land dying
In the land of the dying, sentences go unfinished, you know how they're going to end.
mistake ambition past
He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.
moments
In a moment, everything can change and in a moment, you can change everything.
surprise
The ending is always a surprise.
people baths beans
People were so cheap there... they ate beans to save on bubble bath.
afterlife keys lasts
This is what is meant by last words: they are keys to unlock the afterlife. They're not last words but passwords, and as soon as they're spoken you can go.
liars helping-others people
A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.
doubt would-be honest
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.
defense definitely family great memoir publishing
Publishing is tough. As a writer, if I'd murdered my family, that'd be a great gift, not to my family maybe, but definitely to my book. Oprah's defense (of Frey) just doesn't work. You can't say a memoir is 90% true. Which 90%? It's cheating.
authors created hard incredibly marketing publishers selling time work
Publishers have always had a hard time selling and marketing the single, short-form work. Amazon.com has created a new way for authors to get that kind of work out there, which is incredibly exciting.