"It does seem that a fantasy, working out……" — Diana Wynne Jones
"It does seem that a fantasy, working out in its own terms, stretching you beyond the normal concerns of your own life, gains you a peculiar charge of energy which inexplicably enriches you. At least, this is my ideal of a fantasy, and I am always trying to write it."
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143 Quotes by Diana Wynne Jones
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One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.
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It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.
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Imagination doesn’t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and…
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Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up…
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I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean,…
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A library is a place full of mouth-watering food for thought.
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You are a terror, aren't you? Leave this yard alone. I know just where everything is in it, and I…
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