--- title: "7 Fantasy Writing Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Fantasy Writing quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Fantasy Writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/janet-morris-1935_body_when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantas_156638.png" --- > [When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/janet-morris-1935_body_when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantas_156638.png) > [“You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-fantasy-writing-strike/) [Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/robert-galbraith-3411_fantasy_you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-f_646717.jpg) > [When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laini-taylor/when-i-turned-to-writing-fantasy-and-writing-for-young-people-it-was/) [Laini Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laini-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/laini-taylor-258_discovering_when-i-turned-to-writing-fantasy-and-wri_936260.png) > [As a generalization, fantasy writing has leaned more on political storytelling the more it's tried to escape the inevitable influence of Middle-earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-douthat/as-a-generalization-fantasy-writing-has-leaned-more-on-political/) [Ross Douthat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-douthat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/ross-douthat-2949_escape_as-a-generalization-fantasy-writing-has_1006205.png) > [“Dismissing fantasy writing because some of it is bad is exactly like saying I'm not reading Jane Eyre because it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/china-mi-ville/dismissing-fantasy-writing-because-some-of-it-is-bad-is-exactly-like/) [China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/china-mi-ville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/china-mi-ville-1303_classics_dismissing-fantasy-writing-because-some_1238715.png) > [“Ridiculous," he said breathlessly. "You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/ridiculous-he-said-breathlessly-you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and/) [Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/robert-galbraith-3411_irony_ridiculous-he-said-breathlessly-you-ough_1988077.jpg) > [My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/my-first-seven-novels-were-contemporary-spiritual-novels-my-next-nine/) [Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/ted-dekker-1605_age_my-first-seven-novels-were-contemporary_2330007.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantasy-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Fantasy Writing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and up through Shakespeare and Milton, the most important themes to tackle are those of the mythopoeic domain, tales of the body and mind seen through a temperament and a cosmos divorced from current reality so what is said can be more clear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Morris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/janet-morris-1935_body_when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantas_156638.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/janet-morris-1935_body_when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantas_156638.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/janet-morris-1935_body_when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantas_156638.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of…” — Janet Morris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Galbraith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-fantasy-writing-strike/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/robert-galbraith-3411_fantasy_you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-f_646717.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/robert-galbraith-3411_fantasy_you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-f_646717.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/robert-galbraith-3411_fantasy_you-ought-to-give-up-detecting-and-try-f_646717.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike” — Robert Galbraith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. 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