Odilon Redon Quotes

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

I love the magic of stories and the power of stories.

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

I got into writing because books and stories were always a big part of my life. I loved listening to them and then reading them, and I loved making them up.

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.

Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.

A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. But a lot of it is imagination. It's not based on real people.

When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written.

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke.

Anyone who has set out to invent a purely imaginary story knows that the whole thing is fantasy, from beginning to end; there must be a sense of magic created about the most restrained of naturalism.

I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.

I think that one of the things you have to do to become a storyteller is spend a lot of time reading stories.

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.

I'm really into the idea of telling stories. Everyone needs stories. Everyone needs to escape every once in a while.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do.

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write you a story. What do you want it to be about?' One of them said 'a princess' and the other one said 'a bride.' I said, 'That'll be the title.'

If a fantasy, if a story can help you feel something, I think that's really cool.

There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.

I guess I'm just inspired to tell stories.

I take inspiration from my life but only twenty per cent is real the rest is all made up.

A novel is what you dream in your night sleep. A novel is not waking thoughts although it is written and thought with waking thoughts.