Writer

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

Kau hanya memikirkan kemenangan. Tapi, ada nyawa yang melayang. Juga keluarga-keluarga yang kehilangan ayah dan mengalami penderitaan. Berpikirlah masak-masak sebelum kau bertempur. Pikirkan siapa yang kau perangi, seakan-akan suatu hari kau pasti akan mendapatkan balasan. Dan seandainya kau ingin menebus nyawa yang kau renggut, gunakanlah kekuatan penyembuhanmu.

I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling them how their lives were going to go for the next eight years. I wrote a scene about that, and then another and then another and then another, and after five months I had 732 pages.

Manusia tidak akan tahu bagaimana akhir perjalanan hidupnya.

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.

I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.

Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

Pendeta yang memberi pelajaran membaca dan menulis menugaskan Alanna membaca sebuah buku keras-keras dan menyalinnya di atas kertas.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.

The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.

Tapi aku harus membaca bab pertama buku ini nanti malam, di waktu senggangku!

I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

Tapi aku punya bakat. Bakat itulah yang membuatku melihat lebih jelas dibandingkan kebanyakan orang.

Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.