“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.”
― Tremendous Trifles
― Tremendous Trifles
“Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.”
― Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three
― Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three
“Never abandon imagination”
― Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure
― Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure
“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”
― Elric: The Stealer of Souls
― Elric: The Stealer of Souls
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