All Tanith Lee Quotes
- Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure? Fiction
- Whatever the hell I am, I am Me. Funny
- I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all. All
- We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. Ancient
- Pirates have always fascinated me. Always Fascinated
- I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main… Alone
- Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction. Devotee
- Im writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it,… Enjoy
- When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything! Funny
- People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me. All
- The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis. C S
- I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women,… All
- There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black,… Air
- It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Another Person
- It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost. Cold
- If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence… Called
- Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite. Condemned
- The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid. Afraid
- I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and… Drudgery
- As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. Child