I came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy… — 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
...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share… — 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
