List of Lev Grossman Quotes

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Lev Grossman
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I think for a long time, i was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. i had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed - it was - impossible to realize, so i sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.
Thinking Long Perfect
When i was 35 i realized that i was still thinking a lot about what it would be like to go to narnia. to really go - not just in a daydream, or in a children's book, but what it would actually feel like, physically, psychologically, every other way. the idea was haunting me.
Children Book Thinking
My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when i think of an adaptation.
Book Thinking People
I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. what did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? we're still asking those questions in an urgent way.
Asking Way Fantasy
It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when i'm writing. rules come from genres. you're writing in a genre, there are rules, which is great because then you can break the rules. that's when really exciting things happen.
Writing Important Tables
Escapism has value, even if i don't know what its value is, exactly. maybe it's just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.
Healthy World Way
It's wonderful to play around with fantasy, because there are an amazing number of as-yet-unbroken rules out there.
Numbers Play Unbroken
I read susanna clarke's jonathan strange & mr. norrell, which i think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the 21st century.
Thinking Firsts Strange
I always hated those fantasy books where, at the end, all the kids had to go home. at the end of a narnia book, you always got shown the door. same with the wizard of oz and the phantom tollbooth. you get kicked out of your magic land. it's like, "by the way, here's your next surprise: you get to go home!" and the kids are all like, "yay, we get to go home!" i never bought that. did anybody buy that?
Book Kids Home
I feel very conscious of my influences. t.h. white is very important for me.
White Important Influence
Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. you never realize how useful limitations are until it's much too late.
Magic Too Late Stuff
The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. maybe that's something people are looking for.
People Lines Fantasy
  • Born: June 26, 1969
  • Occupation: Novelist
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