The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm giving talks, I always ask people to think of the most obscure questions because I enjoy those the most. I… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
You nearly killed eight people!" I managed to gasp out loud. "My count was closer to twelve," returned Havisham as she opened… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Literature is claimed to be a mirror of the world,” I said, “but the Outlanders are fooling themselves. The BookWorld is as… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others. It is only when the cost is counted… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes, he said. People think it's all rubber stamps, knowing that Dewey 521 is… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition? — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Our own dimension was coded ID-11 and was the only League member with diphtheria, David Hasselhoff and the French, which amused the rest of… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav'y with th'em&.” — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your destiny takes you to dark places where you'd rather not be, but destiny, as they say, is destiny.” — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Whoever controls the supply of metaphor controls fiction! . . . Metaphor should be controlled. A glut on the market would make fiction overtly… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“A sloppy half-Windsor is the first symptom of serial indolence' she replied in the patronizing voice that Yellows reserved for Rule-breakers, 'and ignoring the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The universe always moves from an ordered state to a disordered one; that a glass may fall to the ground and shatter yet you… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
