I think one of things is that all fantasy it seems to me works the way your brain basically works. This is perhaps a startling concept, but I think it's true. Diana Wynne Jones basicallybrainconcept Change image and share on social
This does make me very very careful, particularly in the second draft, to get it right, because you do feel that somebody in the future who may be extremely important for everybody, is going to have me behind them, and this is a responsibility, a huge one. Diana Wynne Jones carefuldraftextremely share on social
And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere. Diana Wynne Jones achieveexpectationgenius Change image and share on social
Actually, in the wild, we'd be the only person that we wouldn't recognize, if you think about it. Diana Wynne Jones personrecognizewild Change image and share on social
It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy. Diana Wynne Jones emotionallyfantasyhave share on social
I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this. Diana Wynne Jones encouragementfeelfelt share on social
This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything. Diana Wynne Jones absolutelybitechild share on social
I find it just simply takes me right back to those times, and I really can't take it, I don't want to, I mean, why should I face up to it? What good does it do me? I know it happened, and that's it. Diana Wynne Jones backfacefind Change image and share on social
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine. Diana Wynne Jones actualblurclear share on social
It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that. Diana Wynne Jones childgeniuslucky Change image and share on social
