35 Quotes by R.M. Engelhardt

Without myth, imagination we are only half-people, trapped in a wasteland of our own creation.

A smoke before sleep. The uncounted hours of unremembered dreams. Those of a new awaking in a new time and place.

A famous author once said that you can't go home again. But when you find that you are lost the only place to go is home. Remember the way, the stars will guide you. Your heart is her memory & the soul is your compass. And one-day you will find her again.

When someone steals your original ideas? Feel sorry for them.When someone steals your thunder or applause? Feel sorry for them.When someone doesn't support your dreams or work ? Feel sorry for them.But when someone steals your truth, your voice, your heart or your words?Feel truly sorry for themAnd then kick their ass. It's yours. Because you've been way too fucking polite.

What is hell to a writer? Hell is being too busy to find the time to write or being unable to find the inspiration. Hell is suddenly finding the words but being away from your notebook or typewriter. Hell is when the verses slip away through your fingers and they never return again.

What people dont know about you people create. Imagination is a part of being human. They fill in the unknowns with assumptions and not facts. Every man and woman is a mystery unrevealed.

Poetry in any language old or new is the voice us all. A reflection of humanity. Even perhaps a note, a prayer, a mantra or a sign to future generations telling them tomorrow holds what today has lost. Through these voices find yourself

WRITE.Manifest power in words.Write poetry.Name your own humanity.Ponder creation thru inner meaning.Find hidden voices in the universal consciousness of soul.Find yourself, and then return again.Poetry is the sacred religionOf both time & space older thanCivilization itself.Poetry is dead.Poetry is living.Poetry is everything.Poetry is a languageUnto itself that is understood.Poetry will never dieIt will still appear in placesLong after you are dustSo write.That’s all.That’s it.Write.

Screw the false notion of "politically correct".No matter what race, nationality, creed or color you are. If you are a real writer then you are writing in the real world. Write about it and stand up for yourself as well as other writers.