Phrase by 'Catherynne M. Valente'

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Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  I Am , Morning , Battle , Soldier


No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  You , Way , Matter , Fairy Tale


For most of us, fanfiction is a non-issue. Even for midlist writers. We will never be popular enough for people to play in our worlds with any frequency. The problem for us is getting people to read and care about our books that much in the first place.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  People , Care , Place , Problem


Fantasy is my heart and love. And I just want to play in that garden for the rest of my life.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  Life , Love , Heart , My Life


Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  Always , Way , Culture , Powerful


Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and should stop immediately. It only took the one to tell me something different to light a fire under me.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  Me , Teacher , Light , Fire


I try to hurt myself, to sprain something, writing every novel and story, because I'm stretching for something new and difficult that I haven't done before.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  Myself , New , Writing , Hurt


Everyone has a right to cry uncle on a genre every once in awhile. I've done it myself. Sometimes you just can't bear another gear or pair of wings or vampire teeth. You go on a fast, and sometimes you come back, and sometimes you don't.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  You , Myself , Sometimes , Cry


Just about every science whiz can tell you how he or she took apart the TV or the radio when they were kids just to see how it worked. To see what the world was made of. Well, when I was a kid, I took apart fairy tales to see how they worked. To see what the world was made of.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  You , See , Science , World


You can't have whatever you want. But to a child who must ask permission for every single thing, adulthood looks like a constant parade of every desire's satisfaction. It is a heady and terrifying place. It is the Otherworld. It is Fairyland. In fantasy, we make this literal.

Author: Catherynne M. Valente - American Writer
  You , Place , Satisfaction , Child


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