“I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write a world that seems true and real, never more than when expecting readers to believe in magic and angels and fairies.” WorldWritingBelieveRealSeemsI BelieveResponsibilityMagicReaderMessagesAngelFairyExpecting Author:Cassandra Clare
“For such a long time, when you're a writer, you really are just writing for yourself, and maybe a few friends. So it's really amazing when your book gets out there and more people are reading and responding to it. It really makes the world of the books feel real.” PeopleWorldFeelsWritingLongBookRealReadingLong TimeRespondingReally AmazingFew FriendsWriting For Yourself Author:Cassandra Clare
“You've got these twenty million people who call themselves the Evangelical Christians who will put their hand up and say, I believe in the devil, I'm against abortion and gay rights, and we have to blow up the world. It's frightening.” PeopleWorldBelieveHandsChristianI BelieveMillionsRightsGayDevilTwentiesBlowI Believe InAbortionFrighteningGay RightsEvangelicalHands UpAgainst Abortion Author:Jeanette Winterson
“The more that you travel the more you get the sense of the word as a larger place and the more you get a sense of the variety of history and mythology. And when you know about these things you can incorporate them into what I feel is a more rich and more large tapestry of fantasy.” KnowsFeelsFantasyRichMythologyVarietyTapestry Author:Cassandra Clare
“The Anglo-American tradition is much more linear than the European tradition. If you think about writers like Borges, Calvino, Perec or Marquez, they're not bound in the same sort of way. They don't come out of the classic 19th-century novel, which is where all the problems start. 19th-century novels are fabulous and we should all read them, but we shouldn't write them.” IfsThinkingWayShouldWritingProblemNovelCenturyTraditionBoundsClassicFabulous19th CenturyLinearBorgesAmerican TraditionMarquez Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I keep in touch with my fans by keeping a blog online and I try to answer questions every day. I also have a twitter and a facebook. I think that social networking gives authors a unique insight in the minds of their fans and for me that is very valuable.” ThinkingGivingTryingMindSocialAnswersFansUniqueValuableInsightOnlineNetworkingBlogsSocial NetworkingSocial Network Author:Cassandra Clare
“I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.” YearsFirstsBookWanted Author:Cassandra Clare
“For me my big dream that I would like to achieve is for each book to be better than the books that came before, to continue to improve and to become better as a writer and hopefully to have a long career.” LongBookDreamBigsCareersAchieveHopefullyLong Careers Author:Cassandra Clare
“I really love fantasy. I have to say it is my favourite genre to read and one of the genres I love the most to write.” WritingFantasyGenreFavourite Author:Cassandra Clare
“We [fiction writers] are much more of a maze than we are a motorway. Things are always in flux, they're always in movement, they're always twisting back on each other. I think the straight line is such a lie.” ThinkingLyingLinesFictionMovementStraight LinesFiction WritersMazesFlux Author:Jeanette Winterson