The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
When we tell stories about things that are important - love, fear, beauty - we change the way people think about the… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I'm sure scientists would point to specific brain chemicals, but I think love is actually a kind of magic. It's what allows… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I talked on my blog recently about "uncommon sense." Common sense is called "common" because it reflects cultural consensus. It's common sense… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I worry very much that people won't like it, or will think it's simply silly. But I have a post-it note above… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him.… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
My uncommon sense told me to write this book [Turn and blossom], even though I was in the middle of making final… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“I think that thinking of our material universe, the one we perceive with our sense, as the only thing is not only… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“She drifted, feather-like, in tenuous radiance… Her gown, it seemed a thing made out of mist, As though the dewy air Had gathered in… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or Evelyn's perspective… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"], and asked if… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.” — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers. — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more: it's fascinating… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English literature. It… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia under the… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is a constraint,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
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