Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 August 1934
guitar people castles
You've no right to walk into people's castles and take their guitars.
cutting two people
The truth between two people always cuts two ways.
animal people cheat
I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!
believe moving people
This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here on Earth. As you can see, it's constantly growing and moving as people invent new tales to tell or find new things to believe. The older strands move out to become these spirals, where things tend to become quite crude and dangerous. They've hardened off, you see.
encouragement strong people
I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.
people doe want
One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.
people jigsaw howls-moving-castle
You have no right to make jigsaws of people.
people like-me knows
But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all right.
people age said
I've often noticed" Fiona said, "that when people say, 'This can't happen in this day and age', they say it because it is happening.
children people doe
It does not seem to me that I have the right to foist a story on people, most of whom are children who should be learning all the time, unless I am learning from it too.
nice fairy-stories people
Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.
mother stupid mind
As often happened, Charmain began to despair of getting her mother to understand. She's not stupid, she just never lets her mind out, she thought.
hurt stars want
I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you.” “No! No!” the star crackled desperately. “That’s wrong! I’m supposed to die!” “But I could save you if you’d let me catch you,” Michael told it gently. “No!” cried the star. “I’d rather die!
pairs masters seems
In addition, Master Twinkle seems convinced that someone is denying him a pair of stripey trousers.