Quotes by Fennel Hudson

It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one’s own terms.

The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting.

I’m a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There’s no middle ground, only madness and sadness.

Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things.

There’s no such thing as writer’s block, so long as you’ve had plenty of time to think about what you want to write.

Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people.

I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which – given that I’m emerging from dark times – can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and with a way of viewing things that is different to before.

The greatest moments of creativity come in absolute solitude, when one’s mind is free from distraction and able to probe the depths of the impossible.

I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.

Doing nothing can be as rewarding as doing something. And doing very little can be as productive, in a creative sense, as doing a lot.

The process of creation begins way before one starts writing.

Soar to heights where you may view the world from a new perspective.

I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.

We are so blinkered by progress, so preoccupied with where we want to go and how fast we can travel, that many of us have lost the ability to simply ‘stop’.

Time is not something to be killed. Doing so suffocates a part of us, writing off part of our life that could, or rather should, be spent doing something meaningful.

Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind.

Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing.

In the dream world, anything is possible. It requires a fertile imagination, and a desire to explore the half-light between the known and the unknown.

A consultant: someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow.

Life. It’s about adventure, of having a dream and following it.