“I came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I always loved fantasy, whether for adults or young people; and at that particular point in my life, I wanted to try it, to understand it, as part of the process of learning to be a writer. The results were beyond anything I could have foreseen. As I've said often and elsewhere, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.” PeopleWritingTryingYearsSaidWantedYoungProcessResultsFictionFantasyCreativeParticularTenLateAdultsElsewhereLiberatingNon FictionWriting FictionForeseen Author:Lloyd Alexander
“Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.” PeopleWritingDoneFeelingsAbleYoungMy OwnAttitudeFantasyAdultsDeepest Feelings Author:Lloyd Alexander
“Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales.” PeopleBelieveYoungI BelieveImaginationFantasyTalesFairyFairy TaleParaphrase Author:Lloyd Alexander
“...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?” PeopleWritingUsedPurposeEvilGreaterRiskShareDangerChangedIgnoranceStolenSharing Knowledge Author:Lloyd Alexander
“I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.” PeopleI CanChanceEatingDinnerTold You So Book:The Chronicles of Prydain Source: The Chronicles of Prydain
“Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.” PeopleWorldWayHumansRealFeelingsIssuesStrangeDevicesImaginaryHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsReal HumanImaginary World Author:Lloyd Alexander
“There's this huge number of desperate people.” PeopleNumbersHugeDesperateHuge Numbers Author:Lloyd Alexander
