N. K. Jemisin Quotes

… a fairyland to us, for all intents and purposes—a land of enchantment and awful mystery.

Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is found wanting.

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

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?

Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps.

I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.

I believe that a world that doesn't have some kind of magic in it wouldn't be worth living in.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

I never imagined myself in a movie with magic.

I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent.

I've read up on magic, and I think it sets you free, and it gives you hope. You can explore worlds you didn't know existed. It stretches your imagination, and I like my own imagination to be stretched and also the children I'm telling the story to. It gives you a sense of wonder.

So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.

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.

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

For me, a great fantasy is real people, a world I recognise, human struggle and magic. You've got to have magic to make a fantasy work. But I like my magic to be subtle. I don't want magic coming out of the hands of wizards. I want it to be pervading, sinister somehow.

Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there's still a part of us who wants to believe in an alternative reality, where we can defy the laws of nature.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.

I've always loved magic.

It's almost like my life is a fairytale.

I always loved magic and fantasy/adventure series as a kid.

People saw more magic in me than I saw.

I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.