36 Quotes by Steven James

Live each moment, each precious moment that you have. Live each one as if it were your last. And your first. Miss.

Do you know how to turn someone into a monster?” “I’m not sure. No.” “Let him be himself without restraint.

A soul is only set free when it becomes constrained by the bonds of love.

When you look at the world as it is, how can you not be racked with grief? But when you look closer, how can you not be overwhelmed with awe?

God can only be of service to me and I to him, not in the past, nor in the future, but only right now in this moment.

We don’t need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive – we need to be taught how not to.

I can’t think of any other field in which people who aren’t experts critique other people who aren’t experts in the hope of everyone becoming an expert.

We are artists. We are writers – slightly neurotic and probably addicted to coffee, late nights, sunsets, laughter, tears, and heartache. Creativity is our drug. We lose ourselves in the smell of old books. We’re bewildered by how we can live in a world this full of glory and grief and not be awestruck every moment. And we write stories to help wake people up before they fall asleep for good.

Don’t try to be different or memorable with your storytelling voice – be authentic.