“There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“I think we should always remember that reading -- the experience of a book -- is a very private, very personal kind… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Children's literature as a literary aberration or at best a minor amusement is a notion held most strongly by people who read… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Children may not understand all that's happening below the surface of a story. It doesn't matter. Because even though they may not… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Favorite books and authors while growing up - I'd need a book to list them all. For the sake of brevity: Shakespeare,… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn't have happened without imagination. Art, music, and literature… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“The thing that is maybe the real difference, the fundamental difference, is that in adult literature you can have a literature of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“There are heroes and heroes. I don't deny he's acted bravely on occasion. He's fought beside Lord Gwydion and been proud of himself as… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and adult literature… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
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… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
