Philippa Boyens Quotes

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never know where it's going to take you.

My duty is to make probable the improbable. If I tell you how I did it, I will ruin your experience.

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.

I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

I feel the same magic about 'Angel Falls' that I did with 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mod Squad.'

I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.

I know what it's like to be genuinely intrigued and compelled by a story and to have a sense that there's an adventure to be had and a film to be conjured.

Ultimately, theatre is about creating a sense of wonder, and I think wonder is achieved not by a kind of wide-eyed silliness but by being available to that which is most unknown, inside the material and inside yourself.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.' Serialization is amazing. It works in television. It works in film and it works in books. Especially when you're a young kid, you get attached to these characters.

I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going.

It was a lot of 'Dungeons and Dragons' all through my teens.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.