{"author":"Carl Henegan","author_id":"Carl+Henegan","total_quotes":47,"quotes":[{"text":"I consider myself a synthetic thinker in a virtual domain therefore if I’m way off there is no solid foundation or reference for authentic stupidity.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["reference","stupidity","synthetic","thinkers","virtual"],"id":3635,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"When you are touched by a calling, answer on the first ring. As time passes the volume decreases until it is silenced forever by our allotted time.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["calling","goals","time"],"id":5146,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"The trick in minimizing dark moments, no matter how tragic they may be, is to have ambitions placed far beyond them.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["ambitions","darkness","moments"],"id":7226,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"Growth dwells not in standing one’s ground, anyone can do that. Personal growth comes from reaching past insecurities with a sincere effort to acquire an understanding that does not mirror your own.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["growth","insecurities"],"id":7731,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"No matter what your origin or beliefs, rather adolescent or full grown. Thoughts are scribed in pencil but actions are carved in stone.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["actions","adolescence","beliefs","choices","opinions","stone"],"id":14391,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"I don’t just want a gripping story line. I shoot for the three dimensional literary Braille to a silent Scorsese movie.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["martin-scorsese","writing-craft"],"id":22313,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"Remain assiduously stubborn with your positive thinking, sooner or later the world around you will give up and let you have your way.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["carl-henegan","positive-thinking"],"id":25130,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"When writing fiction, you learn to only put things and characters in, that are going to progress your story. There is something to be learned about that approach in real life.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["characters","fiction","real-life","writing"],"id":35712,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"Writing a complete novel is time consuming, frustrating, nerve wrecking, and most of the time your work is under valued, under appreciated, and taken for granted. So why do authors do it? Because not writing at all, feels far worse.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["writing-life"],"id":46320,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["imagination","non-fiction","world"],"id":47890,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":47,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}