All Tanith Lee Quotes
I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
Tanith Lee
71% of people like this quote
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 hated drudgery of normal work.
Tanith Lee
60% of people like this quote
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Tanith Lee
58% of people like this quote
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 of the so-called young.
Tanith Lee
55% of people like this quote
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
Tanith Lee
55% of people like this quote
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.
Tanith Lee
54% of people like this quote
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
Tanith Lee
53% of people like this quote
I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?
Tanith Lee
52% of people like this quote
Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
Tanith Lee
51% of people like this quote
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
Tanith Lee
50% of people like this quote
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
Tanith Lee
50% of people like this quote
People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.
Tanith Lee
50% of people like this quote
Related authors