One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.

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I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's...

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's...

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore.

I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore.

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience...

We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience...

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of...

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of...