{"author":"Christy Hall","author_id":"Christy+Hall","total_quotes":62,"quotes":[{"text":"What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["life-lessons","success","writers","writers"],"id":3812,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need to damn well get a job!","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["writer","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers","writers-world","writing","writing-process"],"id":9994,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would write stories inside my head.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["dreamer","inspirational","life","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers","writers-world","writing"],"id":23855,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Days become weeks. Weeks become months. Month become years. And years become silence.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["life","life-and-death","writers"],"id":27388,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["writers-on-writing","writing","writing-advice","writing-craft","writing-process"],"id":27969,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Wear yourself proudly.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["inspirational","life-lessons","writers"],"id":30429,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"I write because that is what I am supposed to do.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["write","writers","writers-on-writing","writing-life"],"id":37200,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Don't be afraid of what you're creating.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["writers","writers-on-writing","writing","writing-advice","writing-craft","writing-process"],"id":42233,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["encouragement","inspirational","life","life-lessons","life-philosophy","writers"],"id":50318,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"},{"text":"Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer?A: Explaining what that is.","author":"Christy Hall","tags":["humor","humorous","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers","writing"],"id":60071,"author_id":"Christy+Hall"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":62,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}