Fred Saberhagen Quotes

I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.

Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of crisis in their lives, when they were very ill, say. If I ever doubted that writing could play an important part in people's lives, I don't doubt that now.

To think that my heart and my words and my music saved somebody's life, it takes a while to just sink in with me. But it proves to me that music is powerful.

Hearing that people read my books when they were sick, or that the books helped them find an escape when they were having a hard time... stuff like that makes all the hard work pay off.

It's really important for me that the people who listen to my music get something that can hopefully help them get through whatever they're going through. Music is the only thing that's able to help sooth my soul in that way, and my goal is to always put things out there that that do the same thing for other people.

Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.

I get tons of messages every day telling me, 'Your music has provided me with answers.'

If I can tell my story, and help anybody else in the interim, then that's icing on the cake.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

There's been times when I've been standing in a line at a movie and someone's hit me with something really heavy about someone really close and how our music has helped them get through it. Even in our darkest moments we try and find something beautiful.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.

When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.

'Harry Potter' changed my life in more ways than one, and it helped me get through my mother's death.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.

It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how a certain track or album helped them through tough times, or kept them sane.

We want to give people positive energy and we also want to comfort people.

I think people tend to cling to music when times are hard.

I've had people call me and tell me, 'You've given me courage.' It's fantastic... it's heart-warming to know you can be a ray of hope in somebody's life.

You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay, sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day.