Tanith Lee quotes - page 6

Who would dare invite such a smoke? To some it might be healing, but to others, bane. Breathed in at the nostrils, it seemed to fill the eyes and ears and brain. To a man who knew many things, it would reveal many more, to a man who knew little it would reveal too much. Its name was self-knowledge. (Tanith Lee)
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. View quote
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it. View quote
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I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work. View quote
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis. View quote
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it! View quote
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When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it. View quote
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I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen. View quote
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I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does? View quote
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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons. View quote
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Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. (Tanith Lee)
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? View quote
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. View quote
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. View quote
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People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me. View quote
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I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped. View quote
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When will they fight?” I asked. "Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man's work.” I laughed. "I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men. View quote
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If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young. View quote
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I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people. View quote
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Live and let love. Love and let go. Go live. View quote
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What else is she like? (Tanith Lee)
I was born in North London in 1947. I didn't learn to read until I was almost 8-partly bad schooling, and partly I suspect slight dyslexic problems. My father, driven mad by this, taught me to read. At 9 I began writing. View quote
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The dictate of the light says ''Know yourself and what you are.'' The dark replies, ''By all means, but then become afraid.'' View quote
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Some god must be laughing somewhere.” "Some god is always laughing. That is, if you believe in them, which is surely enough to make them laugh. View quote
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The plague came to be called Yellow Mantle. Men must name everything, as if, by giving it a name, they will decrease the nameless horror they experience. View quote
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