Fennel Hudson Quotes

Look back, but never look down.

~ Fennel Hudson

The pen that was once a gift has come to represent all that I hope to achieve.

~ Fennel Hudson

Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’.

~ Fennel Hudson

Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.

~ Fennel Hudson

Editing one’s writing is as easy as lighting a match while riding a bicycle.

~ Fennel Hudson

If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the message.

~ Fennel Hudson

I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.

~ Fennel Hudson

When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan.

~ Fennel Hudson

Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.

~ Fennel Hudson

Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man’s sleep.

~ Fennel Hudson

I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill.

~ Fennel Hudson

I write into an old book that smells of dust and whose pages are floppy with damp. Sometimes the ink splodges onto the paper, other times it will barely leave the nib of my pen.

~ Fennel Hudson

Rarely will I write indoors, even if it means getting wet during rain, or my hands numb in winter.

~ Fennel Hudson

A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetime’s memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jeweller’s window.

~ Fennel Hudson

Where the writing takes place doesn’t matter to a publisher, but it matters a great deal to the author.

~ Fennel Hudson

What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape.

~ Fennel Hudson

Be patient, persistent and above all, believe.

~ Fennel Hudson

The greatest gifts are those that say, “I know you”.

~ Fennel Hudson

We seek not for forgiveness, but the freedom and time to do more than ‘exist’.

~ Fennel Hudson

Angling is a sport, so sporting ethics should apply.

~ Fennel Hudson

Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.

~ Fennel Hudson

The speed of modern life is an oppressive thing, and the corporate world is quick to punish those with an honest heart. Qualities such as ‘nice, honest, kind, happy, relaxed, sincere, innocent’ are frowned upon as weaknesses. Yet these values are the essence of a good person. Unfortunately, if you don’t keep the balance, they can be lost like sand through your fingers.

~ Fennel Hudson

If ever the adventure proves tiring, or you lose sight of your dream, look to the west at sunset. There, on days when the skies are clear, you might see upon the horizon a thin layer of amber mist. When it appears, you will know its purpose: it is the mist of believing.

~ Fennel Hudson

Eight months in the woods have hardened me, or at least firmed up my beliefs that if a man’s going to fend for himself, then he needs to leave his credit card at home.

~ Fennel Hudson

Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word ‘lubricant’ on our headstone.

~ Fennel Hudson

I wasn’t born to fetch, or sit, or accept a beating. I’m here to be me, to write, and know my purpose.

~ Fennel Hudson

It’s ironic that those who lack self-confidence are often the ones who find it hardest to say no.

~ Fennel Hudson

We are all Clapping Monkeys, but while some of us smile, others look around to see if anyone has noticed.

~ Fennel Hudson

Why should we change that which makes us unique?

~ Fennel Hudson

The thing that matters most is what matters to you, not anybody else.

~ Fennel Hudson

If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you’ll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn’t easily found in the self.

~ Fennel Hudson

A man can never be truly free when he knows that he is neglecting his duties elsewhere.

~ Fennel Hudson

We all need to believe in something, a dream that gives us optimism and faith.

~ Fennel Hudson

Our best canvas is all around us, in everything we touch and do.

~ Fennel Hudson

If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real.

~ Fennel Hudson

Dreams free us from normality. Daydreams, especially, take us somewhere between the real world and the dream world.

~ Fennel Hudson

A perpetual world, a world within a world. Of my mind and outside my mind. The real world is the dream world.

~ Fennel Hudson

Progress isn’t always good. There’s a reason why ‘breakneck speed’ is described as such.

~ Fennel Hudson

Enjoy being you. Have fun. And be different.

~ Fennel Hudson

A man can never have too many books. Neither can he have too many fountain pens, hats, fishing rods, waistcoats, tea caddies, paintings or whatever helps him to feel at home in his surroundings and communicate his personality to the world.

~ Fennel Hudson