Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful. Catherynne M. Valente culturefearincredibly Change image and share on social
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. Catherynne M. Valente adulthoodchildconstant share on social
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. Catherynne M. Valente difficulthurtsprain Change image and share on social
No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way. Catherynne M. Valente fairymatterretell Change image and share on social