Ted Dekker Quotes

One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

I really understood what success is with 'Kempegowda.'

Some things get clearer as you look back on them.

It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise.

I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.

Each film has taught me something new - be it about myself, my craft, my profession, people.

There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective.

I've known and seen a lot of things over my years.

Write about what you know, that's what I say.

Sometimes you don't know what a book is about until you are finished with it and you're talking about it.

There's a lot of clarity in hindsight.

I've seen a lot of things and I've experienced a lot of things.

Sometimes, hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes it takes another situation to kind of make you look back at a different situation and really see how good you had it, you know?

Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us.

Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.

Perspective will come in retrospect.

The meaning of today will not be clear until tomorrow.

Memory feeds imagination.

The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.

There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.

I think that feeling of reward comes from being able to find sometimes an unexpected reflection or insight that seems to transcend the description itself, where you actually realize you're concluding something that is a point of view, that may come across and actually touch people's conscience or minds in a way that could change, at least if not things, change points of view.

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

Good books are for consideration after, too.