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
venice venus parallels
I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
thinking storyteller
I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
dark evil force
I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.
play fascinated
When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
art needs ancient
We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
boards mary
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
dream may mercy
We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.
real writing somewhere-else
I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
wish ifs
Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say.
soul flesh hamper
The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.
lying joy lasts
The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.