C. S. Lewis, on experience and inspiration:

Experience: that most brutal of teachers.

But you learn, my God do you learn.

- C. S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis, on writing:

You can make anything by writing.

- C. S. Lewis.

Born on this day – C. S. Lewis:

C. S. Lewis

Writer

November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963

Credits:

Books:

Out of the Silent Planet (1938); Perelandra (1944); That Hideous Strength / The Tortured Planet (1945); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950); Prince Caspian (1951); The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952); The Silver Chair (1953); The Horse and His Boy (1954); The Magician's Nephew (1955); The Last Battle (1956); A Book of Narnians (1950); Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe (1997); Edmund and the White Witch (1997); Aslan (1998); Aslan's Triumph (1998); Uncle Andrew's Troubles (1998); The Wood Between the Worlds (1999); The Pilgrim's Regress (1933); The Screwtape Letters (1942); The Great Divorce (1945); Till We Have Faces (1956); Screwtape Proposes A Toast (1965); Boxen (1985); The Problem of Pain (1940); Case for Christianity (1942); Mere Christianity (1943); The Abolition of Man (1943); Miracles (1947); Surprised by Joy (1955); Reflections on the Psalms (1958); The Four Loves (1960); A Grief Observed (1961); Christian Reflections (1967); The Joyful Christian (1977); Of This and Other Worlds (1982); The Business of Heaven (1984); From Narnia To Space Odyssey (written with Arthur C. Clarke) (2003); The Weight of Glory (2016); How to Be a Christian (2018); On Writing (2022); Spirits in Bondage (1919); Poems (1964); Narrative Poems (1969); The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set (1956); The Chronicles of Narnia Collector's Edition (2014); George MacDonald (1946); The Late Great Future (1976); Over the Rainbow (1983); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); Spellbound (1995); We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays & Memoirs (2001); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Mere Christians (2009); Called to Community (2016); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Finding the Kingdom: Discover a Faith that is Costly, Rich, Alive & True (2023).

Movies and television:

A Grief Observed (2013); Hidden Pages (1959); Jackanory (1967–1968); Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989); Story Box (1963); Television Theater (2022); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The Blockbuster Buster (2016); The Chronicles of Narnia the Silver Chair Fan Audio Drama (2023); The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979 / 1988 / 1990); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967); The Most Reluctant Convert (2021); The Problem of Pain (2015); The Screwtape Letters (2014); To Love at All (2018); Wandering Attention (2017).

C. S. Lewis, on writing:

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing:

ink is the great cure for all human ills,

as I have found out long ago.

- C. S. Lewis.