When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit…

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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...

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

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

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

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'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

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...

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.

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...

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

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...

A good novel editor is invisible.

A good novel editor is invisible.

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

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...

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...

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...

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

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...

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

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