The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.
Philip PullmanRead
There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP!
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of creativity and resilience during challenging times.
Philip Pullman's quote suggests that there will be difficult days when inspiration and creativity may not come easily. In such times, it encourages individuals to take the initiative and 'make it up,' highlighting the power of perseverance and imagination in overcoming obstacles.
In practice
During a motivational speech to students facing writer's block.
The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.
Education and health were always matters of charity. You educated children and you helped the sick because they were good things to do, not because you were going to make money out of them. If you let the money-making principle, the profit-seeking motive, anywhere near education and health, things go bad.
To get the best out of life here ...Good grief. There's plenty of it about, so indulge. Give yourself some thing to remember. Fall in love. Fall out of love. Gamble. Get drunk. See how long you can stay awake. Go for long walks at night. Discover what you're afraid of doing, and then do it.
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence.
I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.
Lyra learns to her great cost that fantasy isnβt enough. She has been lying all her life, telling stories to people, making up fantasies, and suddenly she comes to a point where thatβs not enough. All she can do is tell the truth. She tells the truth about her childhood, about the experiences she had in Oxford, and that is what saves her. True experience, not fantasy - reality, not lies - is what saves us in the end.
The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
You've got to be able to think on your own; you've got to be creative. You can't be willing to take a backseat.
You cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try something new and risk making mistakes and learning from them
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
What matters isn't how well you play when you're playing well. What matters is how well you play when you're playing badly.
Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.
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