“...My friend, there are some things that I cannot tell you. Some I will tell you in time; some, others will tell you; some you may never know, or you may be the first to find the answers.” KnowsFirstsMayAnswersMy Friends Author:Robin McKinley
“The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams and longings and hopes and fears and strivings out of your subconscious and call them 'magic' or 'dragons' or 'faeries' and get to know them better. But then I write the stuff. Obviously I'm prejudiced.” KnowsWritingDreamStuffFantasyMagicLongingStriveGreat ThingsDragonsDragSubconsciousFaerieHopes And Fears Author:Robin McKinley
“She poured the water, arranged some bread near enough the embers to scorch but not catch fire, and looked up at Little John. She was so accustomed to his step, to his bulk, that it took a moment to notice his face; and when she did . . . It was, she thought, rather like the moment it took to realize one had cut one's finger as one stared dumbly at the first drop of blood on the knife-blade. You know it is going to hurt quite a lot in a minute.” KnowsFirstsLittlesEnoughMomentsFacesWaterRealizingHurtStepsFireCuttingBloodMinutesFingersBreadKnivesAccustomedBladesEmbers Author:Robin McKinley
“When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in control from their first 'Once upon a time'. I'm not one of them. Every once upon a time for me is another experience of white-water rafting in a leaky inner tube. And I have this theory that while the Story Council has its faults, it does have some idea that if books are going to get written, authors have to be able to write them.” IfsKnowsWritingFirstsMayDoeBookIdeasStoriesAbleWaterWhiteNovelWrittenTheoryFaultsBrilliantCouncilTubesOnce Upon A TimeRaftingWhite Water Author:Robin McKinley
“Friends you will have need of, for in you two worlds meet. There is no one on both sides with you, so you must learn to take your own counsel; and not to fear what is strange, if you know it also to be true. —Luthe” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsTwoSidesStrangeBeing TrueBoth SidesTwo Worlds Author:Robin McKinley
“So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all by myself. Reread my favorite novel. Buy eight dozen roses from the best florist in town--the super expensive ones, the ones that smell like roses rather than merely looking like them--and put them all over my apartment. Take a good long look at everyone I love.” KnowsLooksLongTwoNovelTownsRoseMy FavoriteEightSmellBitterExpensiveChocolateCakeDozenApartmentTwo DaysGood Long Author:Robin McKinley
“Sometimes it is better not to know. Sometimes when you do know you just fold up.” KnowsSometimesFolds Author:Robin McKinley
“I didn’t want to know that the monster that lived under your bed when you were a kid not only really is there but used to have a few beers with your dad.” KnowsWantKidsUsedDadBedMonstersBeerYour Dad Author:Robin McKinley
“Why do you tell me... so much?" Luthe considered her. "I tell you... some you need to know, and some you have earned the right to know, and some it won't hurt you to know--" He stopped.... "Some things I tell you only because I wish to tell them to you.” KnowsNeedsWishHurt Author:Robin McKinley
“Write what you want to read. The person you know best in this world is you. Listen to yourself. If you are excited by what you are writing, you have a much better chance of putting that excitement over to a reader.” IfsKnowsWorldWantWritingPersonsChanceThis WorldReaderExcitedWhat You WantExcitementListen To Yourself Author:Robin McKinley
