“Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds [when they meet me].” Quote by Khloe Kardashian
“I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long novel.” LongStoriesDesireNovelNiceHeardReader Author:Theodora Goss
“Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added up to a larger story. As I was writing them, I kept going back and forth, because something would happen in one story that would have to be reflected in the other story. And yet the same event would also have to be perceived in different ways by Brendan and Evelyn, because they are different people with their own interpretations.” PeopleWayWritingTwoDifferentStoriesHappensEventsDifferent WaysInterpretationDifferent PeoplesBack And Forth Author:Theodora Goss
“It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels magical to us. It becomes an enchanted place.” WorldFeelsStoriesFallMagicFalling In LoveMetaphorLove StoryAppropriateEnchantedEnchanted Places Author:Theodora Goss
“I'm sure scientists would point to specific brain chemicals, but I think love is actually a kind of magic. It's what allows things to happen, people to be creative, the world to change. Great things come out of love - for other people, for art, for beauty.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindArtHappensLove IsBrainCreativeMagicScientistGreat ThingsChemicalsBe Creative Author:Theodora Goss
“The Thorn and the Blossom isn't just a love story. It's about two people who decide what they actually want to do artistically, despite discouragement. In some ways, that's just as important as the romance.” PeopleWayWantTwoImportantStoriesRomanceLove StoryDespiteDiscouragement Author:Theodora Goss
“I had a short story collection come out in 2006, and then I couldn't work on large projects for a long time because I was finishing my doctoral degree.” LongStoriesDegreesProjectsLong TimeCollectionsShort StoryFinishing Author:Theodora Goss
“I co-edited an anthology called Interfictions with Delia Sherman and wrote a short scholarly book on three women poets called Voices from Fairyland: The Fantastical Poems of Mary Coleridge, Charlotte Mew, and Sylvia Townsend Warner. So I've been busy, but I haven't had time to write a novel.” WritingBookThreeVoiceNovelHavensPoetBusyMaryAnthologyCharlotteEditedScholarly Author:Theodora Goss
“Now that The Thorn and the Blossom has come out and I'm done with my doctoral degree (yes, I'm finally Dr. Goss), I'm turning to longer projects.” DoneDegreesProjectsDrs Author:Theodora Goss
“Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him. This was long after he had become one of the great masters, a writer everyone looks up to and reveres. As artists, I don't think we ever see ourselves as done. We always think we're at the beginning . . .” ThinkingWritingLooksLongBookDoneArtistMastersOne DayLook UpJustify80sBorges Author:Theodora Goss
“Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers.” ArtReadingInspireListeningMuseumsListening To Music Author:Theodora Goss