“I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. What did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? We're still asking those questions in an urgent way.” WayFeelsStillsLostLosesFantasyCenturyAsking21st CenturyUrgentMourn Author:Lev Grossman
“I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.” StillsPressesThanksReportsThis DayPublishing Author:Lev Grossman
“I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.” StillsCountryHouseEnglandNot SureCountry Houses Author:Lev Grossman
“When I was 35 I realized that I was still thinking a lot about what it would be like to go to Narnia. To really go - not just in a daydream, or in a children's book, but what it would actually feel like, physically, psychologically, every other way. The idea was haunting me.” ThinkingWayFeelsChildrenStillsBookIdeasWould BeI RealizedHauntingDaydreamingChildren's BooksNarnia Author:Lev Grossman
“The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.” WayStillsPlayWould BePastDangerRuinsStaying Book:The Magicians Trilogy Source: The Magicians Trilogy
“She still had her bad days, no question, when the black dog of depression sniffed her out and settled its crushing weight on her chest and breathed its pungent dog breath in her face. On those days she called in sick to the IT shop where, most days, she untangled tangled networks for a song. On those days she pulled down the shades and ran dark for twelve or twenty-four or seventy-two hours, however long it took for the black dog to go on home to its dark master.” LongStillsTwoHomeFacesSongBlackHoursDarkFourDogMastersGoes OnSickWeightTwentiesBreathsRanCrushShopsChestsShadeTwelveSeventiesBad DayTangled Author:Lev Grossman
