Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do. — 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
The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Keep people reading books, Mum; it helps to reinforce and strengthen the indefinable moments that anchor us in the here and now.… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature. — 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
There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“As it says on the Tshirts:'I don't scare easily - I'm a librarian.', which was the polite version of the original:'Don't give… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere. — 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
Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Whoever controls the supply of metaphor controls fiction! . . . Metaphor should be controlled. A glut on the market would make… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
He spent his life immersed in books to the cost of everything else, even personal relationships. "Friends," he'd once said, "are probably… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposite. 'Over there… — 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
Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Writing needs to be practiced; there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“That's the big difference between [the BookWorld] and [the RealWorld]," said Plum. "When things happen after a randomly pointless event, all that… — 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
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
![“That's the big difference between [the BookWorld] and [the RealWorld]," said Plum. "When things happen after a randomly pointless event, all that follows is simply unintended consequences, not a coherent narrative thrust that propels the story forward." I rolled the idea of unintended consequences…” quote by Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a8d/jasper-fforde-797_beautiful-place_that-s-the-big-difference-between-the-bo_3185144.jpg)
