Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee
Tanith Leewas a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book, and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award, for her book Death's Master...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 September 1947
nice reading writing
I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and other matters, but about how to write. Therefore doubtless I have benefited from frequent immersions in the glowing genius of others. It would be nice to think so. (I do actually think so). But to improve my skills will never be the prompting force of my reading -- that's just literary lust.
vulgarity-is vulgar worst
The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
running running-away trouble
If you run away from trouble, it always follows.
writing people complexes
I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
ordinary
No one is ever ordinary.
book practice stories
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
silly school actresses
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
doe wonderful knows
I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?
humble pulpit priests
The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
extravagance way subtle
Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.
father writing mad
I was born in North London in 1947. I didn't learn to read until I was almost 8-partly bad schooling, and partly I suspect slight dyslexic problems. My father, driven mad by this, taught me to read. At 9 I began writing.
would-be film intrigued
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
wine cups would-be
Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
lying
It was so useful to lie with the truth.