Laini Taylor Quotes

I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

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.

When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.

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.

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day.

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

I surround myself with fantastical things because it makes it a little easier to write fantastical stories.

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

Fairy tales were great because they provided a no-limits playground for my imagination, and growing up, there's nothing more exciting.

As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom.

I think that sense of wonderment, where you walk out expecting the ordinary and are confronted by the extraordinary, is something that has always interested me, whether in TV or comic books.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.

'Fire and Hemlock' is the reason I'm a writer.

I was the kind of kid who was always making up stories and adventures.

Every kid has a story to tell!

Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring.

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

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it?