Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannonis a British writer of dystopian and paranormal fiction...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 November 1991
Samantha Shannon quotes about
sacrifice want taste
I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him
dangerous knowledge-is-dangerous knows
Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.
writing doors desperate
Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel,
ideas normal world
I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
wings broken giving
Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.
stories ends
Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.
night potters obsessed
I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
creating world fantasy
I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.
historical culture literature
I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.
teenager rooms rebellious
I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
lying normal natural
There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.