Quotes by Kevin Focke

“Naught but leaves brushed in the wind, stemming from the forest behind my house. Oh, and of course, the wildlife seized every chance to tell the stars who they were; they hooted, howled, and growle...”

“Fear is like a little germ in your head, allow it to grow and it takes over your all.”

“Money changes people. This process is more commonly known as trading.”

“Trial. (Fail.) (Succeed.) Repeat.”

“When you aim for the stars even if you fail youll be a falling star, and thats wish-fulfilling material.”

“Progress is hard, achievements are easy, and giving up is easier still.”

“I think the suicide rate is so high among writers because we force ourselves to stand still, take an outsiders perspective, and realise how quickly a life passes by, and how futile we are. The exhi...”

“You won't know how much youll miss someone until theyre gone. Go give them a big hug while you have the chance.”

“Life summed up with a marketing slogan: Limited Edition!”

“Focke's razor: Never attribute to plot holes that which is adequately explained by miracles.”

“Jealousy is projected self-pity.”

“I dont experience writers block, I only have periods of severe writers diarrhoea; an incoherent mess of unfitting words placed in random sentences. Luckily, I can usually separate the shit from the...”

“Be creative, be innovative, consume what everyone consumes and make it fresh!”

“Why should I wake up if not for myself? The others are smiling faades anyway or theyre programmed to feel joy. Push comes to shove we live in a fake world, pretending lifes always golly which is li...”

“The tragedy of art is the misalignment of merit and the perception thereof. A hype is a classic example of positive (from the creators perspective) misalignment. Van Gogh is a classic example of ne...”

“When Im passionate about something I strive for excellence, judging whether or not I achieved it is up to the audience.”

“In my opinion, works of art should be viewed as gifts; something precious given from a point of empathy, where personal enrichment is vastly superior to the value of the gift, and the giver begs fo...”

“Art has simple founding principles: Less is more, more or less; fill in the blanks with no filler.”

“Storytellers are master manipulators transforming non-reality (grounded in reality) into vicarious experience.”

“Relatable escapism can only be achieved using facets of the real world.”