In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I spent many years writing and directing in radio drama, so I am comfortable with an audience or a microphone, but I… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
It's worth being suspicious of writers - or anyone! - who does that myth-making thing. There's always a tendency to retrospectively impose… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“I love the way folktale and fantasy tap into the roots of story telling. The paradox, for me, is that by moving… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Some writers later, describing the events of that night and day, wrote that Wan'yen of the Altai had seen a spirit-dragon of… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I don't know a writer who doesn't feel some sense of glamour and magic and a complex, wistful sadness emanating from the… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“A writer’s brush is a warrior’s bow, the letters it shapes are arrows that must hit the mark on the page. The… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“For all his frustrations and his chronic sense of being overburdened. He was proud of that; he’d always felt that it was worth doing… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Branching paths. The turning of days and seasons and years. Life offered you love sometimes, sorrow often. If you were very fortunate, true friendship.… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck” — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“He sang one whole verse directly to her, then, in fidelity to the song, he sent his vision inward to where his purest music… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“We regard our own memories as truths, when they are often just the stories we have told ourselves over time. They become the truth… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“[We let] the universality of fantasy, of once upon a time, allow escapist fiction to be more than just that - to also bring… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Battles are won en route, Shalhassan of Cathal though. A worthy thought: he raised his hand in a certain way, and a moment later… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
