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Lev Grossman Quotes

As a writer I’m more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad Picture Quote #1

Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred Picture Quote #1

The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain Picture Quote #1

I’ve stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I’m still not sure that I’ve stayed in an English country house Picture Quote #1

I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe Picture Quote #1

I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me Picture Quote #1

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Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it’s much too late Picture Quote #1

I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those Picture Quote #1

I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines Picture Quote #1

I’m a fantasy writer. I don’t do SF. This is important to me. If you’re not clear on what genre you’re in, everything gets muddled, and it’s hard to know which rules you’re breaking Picture Quote #1

The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. Maybe that’s something people are looking for Picture Quote #1

It’s natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable Picture Quote #1

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Supposedly I’ve got traces of an English accent, though I can’t hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who’s English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian Picture Quote #1

I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing ‘The Magicians.’ I only ever considered it a standalone Picture Quote #1

I’m happy to report that ‘The New Press’ is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern Picture Quote #1

I went to college at Harvard, then did three years of graduate school at Yale. At both places I studied comparative literature. People find it odd that I went to both Harvard and Yale, and I guess it is odd, but that’s just what people did where I grew up Picture Quote #1

I’m not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It’s probably just because I’m a weird person Picture Quote #1

One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country Picture Quote #1

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Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they’ll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in Picture Quote #1

The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution Picture Quote #1

More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn’t afraid of looking uncool - he wasn’t scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way Picture Quote #1

I read Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the 21st century Picture Quote #1

It’s an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek Picture Quote #1

Maybe there’s a sense that technology isn’t necessarily the answer to a lot of our problems. Fantasy offers readers a less radically alienated world - a world where desires and feelings that normally are trapped inside your mind are made real in the form of magic Picture Quote #1

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The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and you have an amazing vantage point from which to observe what’s going on in contemporary fiction - not only genre stuff, the whole spectrum Picture Quote #1

A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I’ve just gotten in the habit of forgiving Picture Quote #1

And I’m not as young as I once was. At my age, I don’t have time to be bored Picture Quote #1

Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if I’ve ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from ‘Right Ho, Jeeves.’ It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up Picture Quote #1

Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it’s tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake Picture Quote #1

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As a writer I’m more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad (Lev Grossman Quotes) Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred (Lev Grossman Quotes) The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain (Lev Grossman Quotes) I’ve stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I’m still not sure that I’ve stayed in an English country house (Lev Grossman Quotes) I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe (Lev Grossman Quotes) I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me (Lev Grossman Quotes) Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it’s much too late (Lev Grossman Quotes) I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those (Lev Grossman Quotes) I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines (Lev Grossman Quotes) I’m a fantasy writer. I don’t do SF. This is important to me. If you’re not clear on what genre you’re in, everything gets muddled, and it’s hard to know which rules you’re breaking (Lev Grossman Quotes) The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. Maybe that’s something people are looking for (Lev Grossman Quotes) It’s natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable (Lev Grossman Quotes) Supposedly I’ve got traces of an English accent, though I can’t hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who’s English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian (Lev Grossman Quotes) I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing ‘The Magicians.’ I only ever considered it a standalone (Lev Grossman Quotes) I’m happy to report that ‘The New Press’ is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern (Lev Grossman Quotes) I went to college at Harvard, then did three years of graduate school at Yale. At both places I studied comparative literature. People find it odd that I went to both Harvard and Yale, and I guess it is odd, but that’s just what people did where I grew up (Lev Grossman Quotes) I’m not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It’s probably just because I’m a weird person (Lev Grossman Quotes) One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country (Lev Grossman Quotes) Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they’ll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in (Lev Grossman Quotes) The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution (Lev Grossman Quotes) More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn’t afraid of looking uncool - he wasn’t scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way (Lev Grossman Quotes) I read Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the 21st century (Lev Grossman Quotes) It’s an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek (Lev Grossman Quotes) Maybe there’s a sense that technology isn’t necessarily the answer to a lot of our problems. Fantasy offers readers a less radically alienated world - a world where desires and feelings that normally are trapped inside your mind are made real in the form of magic (Lev Grossman Quotes) The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and you have an amazing vantage point from which to observe what’s going on in contemporary fiction - not only genre stuff, the whole spectrum (Lev Grossman Quotes) A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I’ve just gotten in the habit of forgiving. (Lev Grossman Quotes) And I’m not as young as I once was. At my age, I don’t have time to be bored. (Lev Grossman Quotes) Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should. (Lev Grossman Quotes) I don’t know if I’ve ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from ‘Right Ho, Jeeves.’ It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up. (Lev Grossman Quotes) Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it’s tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake. (Lev Grossman Quotes)

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